Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2021/ii/paper-3/15d/a/i/solution

Write
where is the normalized component orthogonal to . On this real plane, is reflection in the line perpendicular to , while
is reflection in the line spanned by . Their product is a rotation through toward . This is the geometric core of Grover search.

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