Appendix 2From Qubelets to the Bloch Sphere
The Bloch sphere is a geometrical device to plot quantum states. Historically, it’s always been closely associated with quantum bits. In fact, several quantum gates derive their names from how they move quantum states around the sphere. But when using quantum computers to solve hard problems that require multiple qubits, using the Bloch sphere to visualize how the qubits interact with each other and figuring out where to introduce quantum effects can be frustrating.
The Qubelets Model is an alternative to toying with the Bloch sphere. But to use it confidently, it’s important to show that the two are equivalent.
In Chapter 6, Designer Genes—Custom Quantum States, we used the Bloch sphere without ...
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