generate_multishifted_tapes(tape, indices, shifts, multipliers=None)[source]

Generate a list of tapes where multiple marked trainable parameters have been shifted by the provided shift values.

Parameters
• tape (QuantumTape) – input quantum tape

• indices (Sequence[int]) – indices of the trainable parameters to shift

• shifts (Sequence[Sequence[float or int]]) – Nested sequence of shift values. The length of the outer Sequence determines how many parameter-shifted tapes are created. The lengths of the inner sequences should match and have the same length as indices.

• multipliers (Sequence[Sequence[float or int]]) – Nested sequence of multiplier values of the same format as shifts. Each multiplier scales the corresponding gate parameter before the shift is applied. If not provided, the parameters will not be scaled.

Returns

List of quantum tapes. Each tape has the marked parameters

indicated by indices shifted by the values of shifts. The number of tapes will match the summed lengths of all inner sequences in shifts and multipliers` (if provided).

Return type

list[QuantumTape]