The Walrus

The Walrus is a high-performance C++/Python library for computing hafnians, loop hafnians, Hermite polynomials, and Gaussian boson sampling probabilities — the numerical backbone underpinning Xanadu's photonic simulations.

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aid: xanadu-ai:thewalrus
name: The Walrus
tags:
- Hafnians
- Gaussian Boson Sampling
- Numerical Library
humanURL: https://the-walrus.readthedocs.io
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://the-walrus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/XanaduAI/thewalrus
- type: SDKs
  url: https://pypi.org/project/thewalrus/
description: The Walrus is a high-performance C++/Python library for computing hafnians, loop hafnians,
  Hermite polynomials, and Gaussian boson sampling probabilities — the numerical backbone underpinning
  Xanadu's photonic simulations.