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Big-endian bit-string indices are bijective

Statement

For every n≥0, the map enc⁡n:{0,1}n→{0,…,2n−1} of Big-endian encoding of ordered bit strings is a bijection. Any permutation of the n bit positions therefore induces a permutation of the corresponding computational basis.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A natural number n and the big-endian index from Big-endian encoding of ordered bit strings.

[F1]

The encoding is enc⁡n(x)=∑k<nxk2n−1−k, with enc⁡0(())=0 (Big-endian encoding of ordered bit strings).

[F2]

An n-qubit register is the ordered tensor product of n copies of Q2, with bit positions in lexicographic order and the first wire most significant (Finite registers and their ordered computational bases).

[F3]

The computational basis of Q2 is an orthonormal basis for its declared inner product (The computational basis is orthonormal).

[F4]

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 n-qubit register.

[F5]

Mathematical induction applies to natural numbers, starting at 0 (The principle of mathematical induction, The natural numbers N (von Neumann)).

Proof

1.1givenF1base

At n=0, the domain has just the empty word and the codomain is {0,…,20−1}={0}. By [F1], its index is 0, so the map is bijective.

1.2givenF1ihalgebra

Assume the result for n. For a word of length n+1, write its first bit as b∈{0,1} and its remaining word as y∈{0,1}n. Splitting the first term from the sum in [F1] gives enc⁡n+1(b,y)=b2n+enc⁡n(y). By the induction hypothesis, the tail index ranges bijectively over {0,…,2n−1}.

2.1step 1.2ihalgebra

If b=0, the resulting indices are exactly 0,…,2n−1. If b=1, they are exactly 2n,…,2n+1−1. 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.

3.1step 1.1step 1.2step 2.1F2F3F4F5discharge-induction∎

By [F5], the base case and induction step prove bijectivity for all n≥0. A permutation σ of the bit positions is a bijection on words, with inverse the permutation σ−1; composing it with the basis labeling in [F2] therefore permutes the basis [F3, F4].

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