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What does the Pauli-Y gate involve?
PostedMay 19, 2026
Question: What type of transformation is associated with the Pauli-Y gate?
A) It only measures the qubit
B) It swaps two qubits
C) It flips the qubit state while also introducing a phase factor
D) It deletes the target qubit
Correct: C
Explanation: The Pauli-Y gate combines a bit-flip-like effect with a phase factor involving the imaginary unit i. It is one of the three Pauli gates used in quantum computing.
Topic: quantum computing / Pauli gates