Solution

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The quantum bit-flip channel has Kraus operators
Thus
The orthonormal diagonal linear polarizations and are the Pauli X eigenstates. Each is transmitted perfectly as a density operator for every ; the possible minus sign on is global. Encode a classical zero and one as and , then measure in that basis at the receiver. This sends one classical bit per transmitted qubit without error. General superpositions of and need not be preserved, because their relative phase is randomized.

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