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Two new gate classes, :class:`qiskit.extensions.iSwapGate` and
:class:`qiskit.extensions.DCXGate`, along with their
:class:`~qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit` methods
:meth:`~qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit.iswap` and
:meth:`~qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit.dcx` have been added to the standard
extensions. These gates, which are locally equivalent to each other, can be
used to enact particular XY interactions. A brief motivation for these gates
can be found in:
`arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0209035 <https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0209035>`_