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The binary phase is $\varphi =0.i_1\cdots i_n={\sum }_{j=1}^n{i}_j{2}^{-j}$. ThereforeOn the phase register, apply the tensor product of phase gatesIts action on $|y⟩=|i_1\cdots i_n⟩$ is multiplication by $e^{2\pi i\varphi /M}$. Thus the positive-phase fractional power of a unitary operator is implemented by uncomputation after coherent phase estimation:HenceThe inverse phase-estimation circuit uses controlled powers of $U^{-1}$ built from the supplied inverse oracle, with all other quantum gates reversed. No phase-register measurement is made, so arbitrary superpositions are preserved and the ancilla qubits return to zero. The straightforward implementation uses $2(2^n-1)$ controlled-unitary queries plus the Fourier and phase circuitry; the arbitrary phase gates are accepted exactly as stipulated.

The branch convention matters. This construction uses the phase representative $0<\varphi <1$ specified here, corresponding to argument in $(0,2\pi )$. It implements that explicitly defined root, even for $\varphi >1/2$. The usual complex principal branch with argument in $(-\pi ,\pi ]$ would choose a different root on some eigenvalues. No substitution of that alternative branch is implicit.