QUANTUM SUPERCOMPUTERS: LEARNING QUBITS -DAILY EXAMPLES

QUANTUM SUPERCOMPUTERS: LEARNING QUBITS

DAILY LESSONS WITH EASY EXAMPLES

Today’s Example: Will My Son Clean His Room?

“There is a fifty percent chance that my son will clean his room, and there is a fifty percent chance he will not clean his room. Can you show me how this looks in Qubits?

Copilot: Sure, let’s have some fun with this!

In quantum computing, a qubit can represent a superposition of two states. In your scenario, we can represent the state of your son cleaning the room as a qubit. Let’s denote the state where he cleans the room as ( |0\rangle ) and the state where he doesn’t clean the room as ( |1\rangle ).

Given that there’s a 50% chance for each outcome, the qubit can be represented as:

$$|\psi\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}|0\rangle + \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}|1\rangle$$

Here, ( \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} ) is the probability amplitude for each state, which corresponds to a 50% chance for both cleaning and not cleaning the room. This qubit is in a superposition of both states, meaning it simultaneously represents both possibilities until measured.

If you have any more questions or want to explore more quantum concepts, feel free to ask!