Fix PauliEvolutionGate
(using product formulas) for all-identity Pauli terms (backport #13634)
#13658
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Summary
The
PauliEvolutionGate
, if used with a product formula synthesis (this is the default),did not correctly handle all-identity terms in the operator:
Details and comments
Some minor corrections to docs are included.
This is an automatic backport of pull request #13634 done by [Mergify](https://mergify.com).