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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 iii Paper 60 1 c Solution by
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Two finite-dimensional Hermitian matrices are related by unitary conjugation if and only if they have the same multiset of eigenvalues. Necessity follows because conjugation preserves the characteristic polynomial; sufficiency follows by mapping orthonormal eigenbases in the spectral theorem. Consequentlyand no member of the first pair is equivalent to a member of the second. For an explicit example, the Hadamard gate gives and . Multiplying by a scalar phase does not change either conjugation.
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