Mathematical Background
The Stabilizer formalism exploits elements of the Pauli group in formulating quantum error-correcting codes. The set consists of the Pauli operators:
The above operators act on a single qubit---a state represented by a vector in a two-dimensional Hilbert space. Operators in have eigenvalues and either commute or anti-commute. The set consists of -fold tensor products of Pauli operators:
Elements of act on a quantum register of qubits. We occasionally omit tensor product symbols in what follows so that
The -fold Pauli group plays an important role for both the encoding circuit and the error-correction procedure of a quantum stabilizer code over qubits.
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