Add the 2x2 identity matrix along with the three 2x2 Pauli matrices (see image 2).  What conditions on the alpha "i" terms would make M unitary and what conditions on the alpha "i" terms would make M hermitian in (see image 1)?

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Add the 2x2 identity matrix along with the three 2x2 Pauli matrices (see image 2).  What conditions on the alpha "i" terms would make M unitary and what conditions on the alpha "i" terms would make M hermitian in (see image 1)?

Note that the alpha "i" terms are complex numbers.

M
i=0
Transcribed Image Text:M i=0
-(: ).
0 1
1 0
1
03 =
02 =
0 -1
Transcribed Image Text:-(: ). 0 1 1 0 1 03 = 02 = 0 -1
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