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Exercise 11.11.1

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Which of the following linear transformations T:C2→C2T:\mathbb{C}^{2}\to\mathbb{C}^{2} is unitary?

  1. T([xy])=[xiy]T\left(\left[\begin{array}{c}x\\ y\end{array}\right]\right)=\left[\begin{array}{c}x\\ iy\end{array}\right].

  2. T([xy])=[iy−ix]T\left(\left[\begin{array}{c}x\\ y\end{array}\right]\right)=\left[\begin{array}{c}iy\\ -ix\end{array}\right].

  3. T([xy])=[x+iyix+y]T\left(\left[\begin{array}{c}x\\ y\end{array}\right]\right)=\left[\begin{array}{c}x+iy\\ ix+y\\ \end{array}\right].

  4. T([xy])=[12x+i2y12x−i2y]T\left(\left[\begin{array}{c}x\\ y\end{array}\right]\right)=\left[\begin{array}{c}\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}x+\frac{i}{\sqrt{2}}y\\ \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}x-\frac{i}{\sqrt{2}}y\\ \end{array}\right].

Selinger, Matrix Theory and Linear Algebra, Inner product spaces, Unitary and hermitian matrices, Exercise 11.11.1

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