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Unitary conjugation
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
/
2024
/
iii
/
Paper 324
/
2
/
b
/
ii
/
Solution
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Set
∣Ψ
⟩
=
U
∣
0
m
⟩
.
Unitary conjugation
gives
U
R
0
U
†
=
U
(
I
−
2∣
0
m
⟩
⟨
0
m
∣
)
U
†
=
I
−
2∣Ψ
⟩
⟨
Ψ∣.
(1)
The operator negates
∣Ψ
⟩
and fixes every
vector
in
S
orthogonal
to it. It is therefore the
reflection in a hyperplane
whose normal is
∣Ψ
⟩
.
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