Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-computer-science-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2023/quantum-information/1/b/iii/solution

Alice uses conjugate-basis steering of a Bell pair. Write the desired orthonormal basis for Bob as and . Entrywise complex conjugation in the computational basis gives Alice's orthonormal basis
For either in Bob's chosen orthonormal basis, the corresponding unnormalized conditional quantum state is
Its squared norm is . Thus Alice measures in the complex-conjugate basis, obtaining the required Bob pure states with probability each. Averaging over Alice's undisclosed outcome leaves Bob's density matrix equal to , consistent with the no-communication theorem.

New to topics? Read the docs here!