Controlled-basis measurement causality obstruction

ID: controlled-basis-measurement-causality-obstruction

A rank-one projective measurement whose Bob basis is computational when Alice is zero and rotated by when Alice is one can signal. Bob starts in zero. Alice zero leaves Bob zero; Alice one dephases Bob in the rotated basis, giving the displayed nonzero flip probability for . This violates quantum no-signalling. The conclusion applies to a measurement distinguishing the four product-basis states, rather than a degenerate observable that does not resolve them.

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