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Share the Bell state $|{\Phi }_{+}⟩$ between Alice and Bob, and allow their actions to be spacelike separated. The projective measurement postulate gives the remote preparation in conjugate bases identityIf Alice measures in the computational basis, Bob is prepared in $|0⟩$ or $|1⟩$, each with probability one half. If she instead measures in the conjugate basis $U^{\ast }|0⟩,U^{\ast }|1⟩$, Bob is prepared in $U|0⟩$ or $U|1⟩$, again equally likely. The conjugation is essential for a general complex unitary operator.

Interpreting distinct states as distinct physical rays, the two candidate pairs are disjoint. A hypothetical perfect identifier would tell Bob which member he received and therefore which basis Alice chose. Alice could transmit a bit by that basis choice, without sending her outcome or any other message. Bob could read it while spacelike separated from Alice, violating the no-superluminal-signalling requirement of special relativity. This establishes that perfect two-basis discrimination would allow superluminal signalling and rules out the device using the requested physical assumptions.

Ordinary measurement in quantum measurements do not signal: the two equally weighted ensembles have identical reduced density matrixThe contradiction arises from the hypothesized ability to label the ensemble's individual pure members. Global-phase variants of a vector do not count as distinct physical pure states; treating them as distinguishable labels would already introduce an unphysical extra readout.