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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 ii Paper 3 10D a Solution by
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Because ,which is the reflection operator in the line spanned by . Meanwhile changes the sign of every good basis state and fixes every bad basis state; onit is the reflection in the axis. Both reflections preserve , so their product does too.
WriteIn Euclidean geometry, the composition of reflections in two lines through the origin has a rotation matrix through twice the oriented angle between the lines. Hence rotates the good-bad plane by from toward . In particular, the Grover rotation angle formula is
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