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Select-U(2) Decomposition

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Explore foundational research through preprint papers, scholarly articles, and textbooks that introduce, use, and extend this technique.

Shende et al. decompose multiplexers on their way to derive the Quantum Shannon decomposition

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Möttönen et al. use uniformly controlled rotations for their famous state preparation protocol.

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Bergholm et al. decompose Select-U(2) operators by extending a two-qubit Cartan decomposition.

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qp.Select

qp.SelectPauliRot

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