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Heisenberg propagation of a Pauli observable through a Clifford circuit

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To compute a single-qubit output probability of a Clifford circuit, propagate its measured Pauli observable backward through the circuit. Every conjugation remains a tensor-product Pauli, whose expectation on a product state factors into efficiently computable one-qubit expectations.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2025 / iii / Paper 324 / 4 / a / ii / Solution

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