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Hilbert Space
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The set of complex numbers
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The set of real numbers
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Chapter 2 - Qubits and Collections of Qubits
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The Pauli X matrix (see Table 2.1)
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The Pauli Y matrix (see Table 2.1)
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The Pauli Z matrix (see Table 2.1)
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The
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The Kronecker delta (see Equation C.17)
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Epsilon (see Equation C.8)
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The Tensor Product (see Section C.7)
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Chapter 3 - Physics of Quantum Information
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The Hamiltonian
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H-bar (Planck's constant divided by Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 2\pi\,\!}
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The Unitary Matrix
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The Density Matrix or Density Operator (see Appendix E - Density Operator: Extensions)
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The trace of a matrix (see Section C.3.5)
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The determinant of a matrix (see Section C.3.6)
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A unit vector (see Section C.5.1)
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Eigenvalues (see Section C.6)
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The expectation value of an operator (see Section 3.6)
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Chapter 4 - Entanglement
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