HW6 Ex2

Re: HW6 Ex2

by Nicolas Macris -
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Hi,

Its correct. The i in front is a global phase (a complex number of unit norm) and global phases are not observable. So the final state is physically equivalent to the state without the i. 

Careful though: only global phases in front of a whole state dont count. Relative phases in sums of states do count! (They are observable through interference phenomena). 

Hope this clarifies.

NM