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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 ii Paper 2 15D b iii Solution by
Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
There are uncountably many physically distinct one-qubit unitaries. Part (ii) would require an orthogonal program state for every one, whereas a -qubit register has dimension only . This contradiction is the no-programming theorem, so no deterministic gate satisfying (PROG) exists.
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