 Bell parity and phase observables (source code)

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= Bell parity and phase observables
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{title2=$B_{\rm parity}=(I-Z\otimes Z)/2,\quad B_{\rm phase}=(I-X\otimes X)/2$}

The <Bell basis> diagonalizes the commuting <Pauli operators> $Z\otimes Z$ and $X\otimes X$. Two local anticommutations make the joint operators commute. Their signs encode parity and relative phase. The displayed projectors turn the signed eigenvalues into literal zero-or-one bit eigenvalues: even parity and plus phase have bit zero.

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