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---
title: ImaginaryVariationalPrinciple
description: API reference for qiskit.algorithms.time_evolvers.variational.ImaginaryVariationalPrinciple
in_page_toc_min_heading_level: 1
python_api_type: class
python_api_name: qiskit.algorithms.time_evolvers.variational.ImaginaryVariationalPrinciple
---
# ImaginaryVariationalPrinciple
<Class id="qiskit.algorithms.time_evolvers.variational.ImaginaryVariationalPrinciple" isDedicatedPage={true} github="https://github.com/qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/0.23/qiskit/algorithms/time_evolvers/variational/variational_principles/imaginary_variational_principle.py" signature="ImaginaryVariationalPrinciple(qgt, gradient)" modifiers="class">
Bases: [`qiskit.algorithms.time_evolvers.variational.variational_principles.variational_principle.VariationalPrinciple`](qiskit.algorithms.time_evolvers.variational.VariationalPrinciple "qiskit.algorithms.time_evolvers.variational.variational_principles.variational_principle.VariationalPrinciple"), `abc.ABC`
Abstract class for an Imaginary Variational Principle. The imaginary variant means that we consider imaginary time dynamics.
**Parameters**
* **qgt** ([`BaseQGT`](qiskit.algorithms.gradients.BaseQGT "qiskit.algorithms.gradients.base_qgt.BaseQGT")) Instance of a class used to compute the GQT.
* **gradient** ([`BaseEstimatorGradient`](qiskit.algorithms.gradients.BaseEstimatorGradient "qiskit.algorithms.gradients.base_estimator_gradient.BaseEstimatorGradient")) Instance of a class used to compute the state gradient.
</Class>