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Write $\varphi =2\pi n/N+ϵ$, with $|ϵ|\le \delta \ll 2\pi /N$. Decode the measured bits as above. The probability amplitude of label $m$ isUsing the finite geometric series,Interpret removable singularities by continuity. In particular, near-grid quantum phase estimation returns the nearby exact label $n\mathrm{mod}N$ with probabilityThis is near one under the stated small-offset assumption, but not exactly one when $ϵ\ne 0$.

There is also a rigorous error bound. Taking the squared modulus of the sum giveswhere $1-\cos x\le x^2/2$ and the elementary sums of $k$ and $k^2$ evaluate the last expression. HenceOn that event the circular quantum phase error is at most $\delta$. For other labels, the exact probabilities areTheir total is $1-P(n)=O(N^2{\delta }^2)$, describing the leakage from the perfect solution. The physical output bit string remains reversed in the printed circuit; this changes its decoding, not these probabilities.