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Past exam of the quantum theory course of the University of Oxford 2021 3 b ii Solution by
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The initial quantum state is , up to global phase, and . Applying unitary time evolution givesSince and , the Born rule givesThe other outcome has probability , verifying that the two probabilities sum to one. This is a two-level quantum return probability.
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