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25+ ===== One-qubit Hamiltonian =====
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27+ Last week we simply computed the expectations values of the various
28+ Pauli matrices by evaluating expressions like
29+ !bt
30+ \[
31+ \langle \psi(\theta)\vert \bm{X} \vert \psi(\theta)\rangle,
32+ \]
33+ !et
34+ for the Pauli-$\bm{X}$ matrix and similarly for the other Pauli matrices and
35+ the $2\times 2$ identity matrix $\bm{I}$. This is however not the way
36+ we end up evaluating such expectation values on an actual quantum
37+ computer. We have to transform the set of measurements to be performed to the computational basis we have chosen.
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39+ !split
40+ ===== Our computational basis =====
41+
42+ The computational basis we have chosen is given by the eigenvectors of
43+ the Pauli-$\bm{Z}$ matrix, namely $\vert 0 \rangle$ and $\vert
44+ 1\rangle$.
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2648!split
2749===== Two-qubit Hamiltonian =====
2850
29- We end this review from last week with a discussion on how to rewrite the two-qubit Hamiltonian rom last week (and project 1)
51+ Here we discuss how to rewrite the two-qubit Hamiltonian defined by the following Hamiltonian matrix ( project 1)
3052!bt
3153\[
3254\mathcal{H}=\begin{bmatrix} \epsilon_{1}+V_z & 0 & 0 & V_x \\
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