Solution

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For any joint lower-register state, the probability is , where is its exchange operator. The Bell-state eigenvalues from part a therefore give
For the spin singlet state, controlled exchange adds a minus sign to the control-1 branch, so the final Hadamard gate puts the ancilla in . For the three symmetric states the ancilla returns to .
The product-state overlap formula cannot be applied to arbitrary entangled lower inputs. All four Bell states have identical one-qubit reduced states , yet the spin singlet state result differs maximally. The network measures exchange symmetry of the joint state, rather than fidelity of quantum states inferred from its two marginals.

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