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Swap the first two computational vectors and fix the third:
U=∣1⟩⟨0∣+∣0⟩⟨1∣+∣2⟩⟨2∣=​010​100​001​​.​
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This permutation matrix has orthonormal columns; equivalently, U†=U and U2=I, proving unitarity. Its first column gives U∣0⟩=∣1⟩=∣ϕ1​⟩, as required. A unitary must also specify what happens to the rest of the basis, which is why a single outer product alone would not suffice.

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