 Pauli Z gate (source code)

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= Pauli Z gate
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= Phase flip
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= Phase-flip gate
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The Pauli $Z$ gate fixes $|0\rangle$ and maps $|1\rangle$ to $-|1\rangle$.

This gate acts by the corresponding <Pauli matrix>, viewed as a unitary operator on one qubit.

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