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Rotation gates (Qiskit)

Rotation gates implementation using Qiskit. The example applies $R_x(\pi/2)$ to $\lvert 0\rangle$, producing $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(\lvert 0\rangle - i\lvert 1\rangle)$.

from qiskit import QuantumCircuit
from qiskit.quantum_info import Statevector
import numpy as np
 
qc = QuantumCircuit(1)
qc.rx(np.pi / 2, 0)  # R_x(pi/2) on |0>
print(Statevector(qc))
# Statevector([0.70710678+0.j, 0.        -0.70710678j], dims=(2,))