Universal Gate Set

A universal gate set is a complete basis to generate any unitary operation on a quantum system.

Quantum

Full Definition

A set of gates is said to be universal for quantum computation if any unitary operation may be approximated to arbitrary accuracy by a quantum circuit involving only those gates.¹

Examples

• The set \( \{H, T, CNOT\} \)¹

Related Terms

• Native Gate Set

Sources

1. Nielsen, Michael A., and Isaac Chuang. 2002 Quantum computation and quantum information.

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