Who's afraid of the Unit Quaternion ?

preprint2016arXivOpen access

Abstract

Far from being just a 2-level Quantum system the Qubit is a Unit Quaternion, also known as a Spinor. Therefore it follows that the Qubit is a 4-dimensional vector which traces a path on the surface of the unit 3-sphere. This is the meaning of the global phase.

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