From 50cae2b4f1c44d7be6b1f92d5c0e61a0f48e54cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Bochen \"Daniel\" Tan" <33230390+tbcdebug@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:29:57 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] constrain xticks in two plt figures

Since we only have data points at x=4, 6, 8, 10, and 12, it is better to get rid of the odd numbered ticks to avoid confusion.
---
 docs/tutorials/barren_plateaus.ipynb | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/tutorials/barren_plateaus.ipynb b/docs/tutorials/barren_plateaus.ipynb
index bbd5d5e9a..4d538cae4 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/barren_plateaus.ipynb
+++ b/docs/tutorials/barren_plateaus.ipynb
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@
         "plt.semilogy(n_qubits, theta_var)\n",
         "plt.title('Gradient Variance in QNNs')\n",
         "plt.xlabel('n_qubits')\n",
+        "plt.xticks(n_qubits)\n",
         "plt.ylabel('$\\\\partial \\\\theta$ variance')\n",
         "plt.show()"
       ]
@@ -482,6 +483,7 @@
         "plt.semilogy(n_qubits, heuristic_theta_var)\n",
         "plt.title('Heuristic vs. Random')\n",
         "plt.xlabel('n_qubits')\n",
+        "plt.xticks(n_qubits)\n",
         "plt.ylabel('$\\\\partial \\\\theta$ variance')\n",
         "plt.show()"
       ]