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Atribute error when running the Qiskit VQE Alogrithum

I'm trying to run the VQE algorithm using an Aer backend simulator. However, whenever I run the algorithm I Receive this error: "AttributeError: 'TwoLocal' object has no attribute 'set_max_evals_grouped'"

Could anyone explain what this error means and how I can fix It?

This is the code I am using:

driver = PySCFDriver(atom='Li .0 .0 .0; H .0 .0 1.5049', unit=UnitsType.ANGSTROM, charge=0, spin=0, basis='sto3g')



#create  second quantiesed operator 
es_problem= ElectronicStructureProblem(driver)
seconded_quanitsied_oprator= es_problem.second_q_ops() 
print(seconded_quanitsied_oprator)



#convert to qubit operator 


qubit_transformation = QubitConverter(JordanWignerMapper())
qubit_operator = qubit_transformation.convert(seconded_quanitsied_oprator[0])
print(qubit_operator) 


#set up simulator 
backend = BasicAer.get_backend('statevector_simulator')
quantum_instance=QuantumInstance(backend=backend)

# VEQ algothiums 
groundstate_energies = []
classical_optimizer = SLSQP(maxiter = 1000)


ansatz = TwoLocal(rotation_blocks='ry', entanglement_blocks='cz')


Vqe = VQE(qubit_operator,ansatz,SLSQP,quantum_instance )
Solution

  • You are using VQE the old way (when it was in Aqua), so it doesn't work anymore. What you should do instead is this :

    vqe = VQE(ansatz = ansatz,
          optimizer = SLSQP, 
          quantum_instance=quantum_instance)
vqe_result = vqe.compute_minimum_eigenvalue(qubit_operator)

    Just in case, everything you need to know about how to move from Aqua is available here : https://qiskit.org/documentation/aqua_migration.html