In my previous posts [here] and [here], I introduced the Mermin-Peres Magic Square. While there’s nothing particularly new in this post, I wanted to explore what it feels like to literally hold a quantum state in the palm of my hand. It’s just a plastic sphere I made as a hobby, but it gives me a more tangible sense of what a 4-qubit quantum state might be like.
For the corresponding quantum circuit and a detailed explanation, please see [here]. There’s no need to explain Figure 1—if you hold this ball in your hand, you’ll understand the depth of it...
From the initial state, through the generation of entanglement, to the final quantum state—it’s all captured inside this sphere! At first, I thought the 3D rendering from Qiskit’s QSphere would be enough. But once I actually built this physical model and held it in my hand, I realized it offered a somewhat different experience.
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Fig.1 Quantum state of Mermin-Peres Magic (4-qubit) |