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Table 5.2: Single bit-flip and phase-flip error operators for the 5-qubit code and generators<br />

that anti-commute with.<br />

Error operator Generator(s) anti-commute with the error<br />

E1 = σx ⊗ σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σI<br />

E2 = σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σI<br />

M4 = σz ⊗ σx ⊗ σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σz<br />

M1 = σx ⊗ σz ⊗ σz ⊗ σx ⊗ σI<br />

E3 = σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σI ⊗ σI M1 = σx ⊗ σz ⊗ σz ⊗ σx ⊗ σI, M2 = σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σz ⊗ σz ⊗ σx<br />

E4 = σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σI M2 = σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σz ⊗ σz ⊗ σx, M3 = σx ⊗ σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σz ⊗ σz<br />

E5 = σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σx M3 = σx ⊗ σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σz ⊗ σz, M4 = σz ⊗ σx ⊗ σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σz<br />

E6 = σz ⊗ σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σI M1 = σx ⊗ σz ⊗ σz ⊗ σx ⊗ σI, M3 = σx ⊗ σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σz ⊗ σz<br />

E7 = σI ⊗ σz ⊗ σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σI M2 = σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σz ⊗ σz ⊗ σx, M4 = σz ⊗ σx ⊗ σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σz<br />

E8 = σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σz ⊗ σI ⊗ σI<br />

M3 = σx ⊗ σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σz ⊗ σz<br />

E9 = σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σz ⊗ σI M1 = σx ⊗ σz ⊗ σz ⊗ σx ⊗ σI, M4 = σz ⊗ σx ⊗ σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σz<br />

E10 = σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σI ⊗ σz<br />

M2 = σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σz ⊗ σz ⊗ σx<br />

Note also that M is an Abelian subgroup, thus each generator commutes with all the others.<br />

Indeed we have, for example:<br />

M1M3 = (σx ⊗ σz ⊗ σz ⊗ σx ⊗ σI)(σx ⊗ σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σz ⊗ σz) = σI ⊗ σz ⊗ (σzσx) ⊗ (σxσz) ⊗ σz<br />

M3M1 = (σx ⊗ σI ⊗ σx ⊗ σz ⊗ σz)(σx ⊗ σz ⊗ σz ⊗ σx ⊗ σI) = σI ⊗ σz ⊗ (σxσz) ⊗ (σzσx) ⊗ σz.<br />

The Pauli operators anti-commute, σxσz = −σzσx, thus and M1M3 = M3M1.<br />

Table 5.2 lists bit-flip and phase-flip error operators and the generator(s) which anti-<br />

commute with each one. For example, E1 anti-commutes with M4, thus a bit-flip on the<br />

first qubit can be detected; E6 anti-commutes with M1 and M3, thus a phase-flip of the first<br />

qubit can also be detected. Since each of these ten bit-flip or phase-flip errors anti-commute<br />

with distinct subsets of S we can distinguish individual errors and then correct them. An<br />

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