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Past exam of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2019 Quantum information 1 d iii Solution by
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Prepare the uniform pure stateEvery permutation matrix fixes this vector, so
RandomPermute returns with certainty. Choose an orthonormal basis with first vector , for example the quantum Fourier transform basis. Under RandomReset, the returned state is , which gives each of the measurement labels probability .Guess
RandomPermute on label 0 and RandomReset on every other label. ThenThis is invariant-pure-state discrimination against a maximally mixed reset. It also agrees with the Holevo–Helstrom theorem: the eigenvalues of are once and with multiplicity , giving optimal equal-prior success . This confirms optimal discrimination of these returned states, in addition to constructing the requested strategy.[ref]The Theory of Quantum Information by John Watrous. §3.1.1, Theorem 3.4 and equation (3.20), optimal binary-state discrimination
For , the actions coincide and the formula correctly gives random-guessing success . New to topics? Read the docs here!