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Big-endian bit-string indices are bijective
Statement
For every , the map of Big-endian encoding of ordered bit strings is a bijection. Any permutation of the bit positions therefore induces a permutation of the corresponding computational basis.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A natural number and the big-endian index from Big-endian encoding of ordered bit strings.
The encoding is , with (Big-endian encoding of ordered bit strings).
An -qubit register is the ordered tensor product of copies of , with bit positions in lexicographic order and the first wire most significant (Finite registers and their ordered computational bases).
The computational basis of is an orthonormal basis for its declared inner product (The computational basis is orthonormal).
Given specified ordered orthonormal bases on a finite ordered list of finite-dimensional complex inner-product spaces, the elementary tensors in lexicographic order form the product basis, including the empty product (The product basis is orthonormal and tensor dimensions multiply). Applied to the factors in [F2], this gives the computational basis of the -qubit register.
Mathematical induction applies to natural numbers, starting at (The principle of mathematical induction, The natural numbers (von Neumann)).
Proof
At , the domain has just the empty word and the codomain is . By [F1], its index is , so the map is bijective.
Assume the result for . For a word of length , write its first bit as and its remaining word as . Splitting the first term from the sum in [F1] gives . By the induction hypothesis, the tail index ranges bijectively over .
If , the resulting indices are exactly . If , they are exactly . The two intervals are disjoint and their union is the full target, so equality of two encoded indices forces the first bits to agree and every target index is attained. For either fixed first bit, injectivity and surjectivity of the tail encoding give the corresponding claims for the remaining word.
By [F5], the base case and induction step prove bijectivity for all . A permutation of the bit positions is a bijection on words, with inverse the permutation ; composing it with the basis labeling in [F2] therefore permutes the basis [F3, F4].
Depends on
Used by
- Reversible embedding of a Boolean circuit Algorithm
- Coherent XOR function oracle Definition
- Deutsch–Jozsa promise Definition
- Finite marked-item search and its bit oracle Definition
- Simon injectivity decision promise with XOR-oracle access Definition
- Toffoli and Fredkin gates Definition
- Register endianness and a two-qubit partial trace Example
- Binary factorization of QFT basis output Lemma
- A total Boolean XOR oracle is unitary and involutive Theorem
- Binary Pauli quotient isomorphism Theorem
- Compute-copy-uncompute restores clean workspace Theorem
- Gate, workspace, and serial-depth costs of reversible embedding Theorem
- Parallel depth of reversible Boolean embedding Theorem
- Phase kickback from an XOR oracle Theorem
Cited to discharge well-definedness by Big-endian encoding of ordered bit strings.
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Sources
- John Watrous, The Theory of Quantum Information (standard reference, not scraped)
- Ronald de Wolf, Quantum Computing: Lecture Notes (standard reference, not scraped)