enable simulation of controlled gates in classical simulator (#6589)

cirq-core/cirq/sim/classical_simulator.py

@@ -117,12 +117,25 @@ def _act_on_fallback_(self, action, qubits: Sequence['cirq.Qid'], allow_decompos
 
         Raises:
             ValueError: If initial_state shape for type np.ndarray is not equal to 1.
-                        If gate is not one of X, CNOT, SWAP, CCNOT, or a measurement.
+                        If gate is not one of X, SWAP, a controlled version of X or SWAP,
+                            or a measurement.
         """
         if isinstance(self._state.basis, np.ndarray) and len(self._state.basis.shape) != 1:
             raise ValueError('initial_state shape for type np.ndarray is not equal to 1')
         gate = action.gate if isinstance(action, ops.Operation) else action
         mapped_qubits = [self.qubit_map[i] for i in qubits]
+
+        if isinstance(gate, ops.ControlledGate):
+            control_qubits = mapped_qubits[: gate.num_controls()]
+            mapped_qubits = mapped_qubits[gate.num_controls() :]
+
+            controls_state = tuple(self._state.basis[c] for c in control_qubits)
+            if controls_state not in gate.control_values.expand():
+                # gate has no effect; controls were off
+                return True
+
+            gate = gate.sub_gate
+
         if _is_identity(gate):
             pass
         elif gate == ops.X:
@@ -138,7 +151,10 @@ def _act_on_fallback_(self, action, qubits: Sequence['cirq.Qid'], allow_decompos
             c1, c2, q = mapped_qubits
             self._state.basis[q] ^= self._state.basis[c1] & self._state.basis[c2]
         else:
-            raise ValueError(f'{gate} is not one of X, CNOT, SWAP, CCNOT, or a measurement')
+            raise ValueError(
+                f'{gate} is not one of X, SWAP; a controlled version '
+                'of X or SWAP; or a measurement'
+            )
         return True
 
 

cirq-core/cirq/sim/classical_simulator_test.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+from itertools import product
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 import cirq
@@ -78,6 +79,43 @@ def test_CCNOT():
     np.testing.assert_equal(results, expected_results)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(['initial_state'], [(list(x),) for x in product([0, 1], repeat=4)])
+def test_CCCX(initial_state):
+    CCCX = cirq.CCNOT.controlled()
+    qubits = cirq.LineQubit.range(4)
+
+    circuit = cirq.Circuit()
+    circuit.append(CCCX(*qubits))
+    circuit.append(cirq.measure(qubits, key='key'))
+
+    final_state = initial_state.copy()
+    final_state[-1] ^= all(final_state[:-1])
+
+    sim = cirq.ClassicalStateSimulator()
+    results = sim.simulate(circuit, initial_state=initial_state).measurements['key']
+    np.testing.assert_equal(results, final_state)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(['initial_state'], [(list(x),) for x in product([0, 1], repeat=3)])
+def test_CSWAP(initial_state):
+    CSWAP = cirq.SWAP.controlled()
+    qubits = cirq.LineQubit.range(3)
+    circuit = cirq.Circuit()
+
+    circuit = cirq.Circuit()
+    circuit.append(CSWAP(*qubits))
+    circuit.append(cirq.measure(qubits, key='key'))
+
+    a, b, c = initial_state
+    if a:
+        b, c = c, b
+    final_state = [a, b, c]
+
+    sim = cirq.ClassicalStateSimulator()
+    results = sim.simulate(circuit, initial_state=initial_state).measurements['key']
+    np.testing.assert_equal(results, final_state)
+
+
 def test_measurement_gate():
     q0, q1 = cirq.LineQubit.range(2)
     circuit = cirq.Circuit()