Quantum Teleportation: Entanglement, Bell Projection, and Pauli Correction — E8 Intelligence Research

Andrew Stewart Caldin

Published Oct 21, 2026• 0 citations

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FINDING: Quantum teleportation is a protocol for transferring an unknown quantum state via shared entanglement and classical communication — not physical matter transport. The core math is the Bell basis projection and the Pauli correction operators. MATH: - State to teleport: $|\psi\rangle = \alpha|0\rangle + \beta|1\rangle$, with $|\alpha|^2 + |\beta|^2 = 1$. - Shared entangled pair: Bell state $|\Phi^+\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(|00\rangle + |11\rangle)$. - Total 3-qubit state: $|\psi\rangle \otimes |\Phi^+\rangle$. - Alice performs Bell measurement — projecting onto one of 4 Bell states: $|\Phi^\pm\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(|00\rangle \pm |11\rangle)$, $|\Psi^\pm\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(|01\rangle \pm |10\rangle)$. - Outcome determines Pauli correction on Bob's qubit: $I, X, Z, XZ$ (identity, bit-flip, phase-flip, both). - No-cloning theorem: the original state is destroyed — information is transferred, not copied. - Classical communicati Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23525670

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|\psi\rangle = \alpha|0\rangle + \beta|1\rangle

, with

|\alpha|^2 + |\beta|^2 = 1

. - Shared entangled pair: Bell state

|\Phi^+\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(|00\rangle + |11\rangle)

. - Total 3-qubit state:

|\psi\rangle \otimes |\Phi^+\rangle

. - Alice performs Bell measurement (projection onto 4 Bell states:

|\Phi^\pm\rangle, |\Psi^\pm\rangle

). - Bob applies one of 4 unitary corrections:

I, X, Z, XZ

(Pauli matrices). - No-cloning theorem: the original state is destroyed — teleportation is state transfer, not duplication. - Key constants:

\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}

(normalization of Bell state), 4 = dimension of Bell basis (2²). CONNECTION: - The 4 Bell states form an orthonor Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com

|\Phi^+\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(|00\rangle + |11\rangle)

; teleported state

|\psi\rangle = \alpha|0\rangle + \beta|1\rangle

with

|\alpha|^2 + |\beta|^2 = 1

. After Bell measurement, Bob applies one of four Pauli corrections:

I, X, Z, XZ

(identity, bit-flip, phase-flip, both). Success probability = 1 (deterministic) given the classical 2-bit channel. No faster-than-light signaling — information rate limited by classical bits. | CONNECTION: The four Bell states form a basis of the 2-qubit Hilbert space

\mathbb{C}^2 \otimes \mathbb{C}^2

, isomorphic to the root system of

D_2

(or

A_1 \times A_1

) — a crystallographic symmetry. The coefficients

\alpha, \beta

are complex numbers on the unit sphere

S^3

, whose Hopf fibration relates to the golden rati Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com

|\psi\rangle_C \otimes |\Phi^+\rangle_{AB} \rightarrow |\Phi^+\rangle_{CA} \otimes |\psi\rangle_B

(Bell basis projection on C+A, classical 2-bit correction on B). - Bell states:

|\Phi^\pm\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(|00\rangle \pm |11\rangle)

|\Psi^\pm\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(|01\rangle \pm |10\rangle)

. - Fidelity

F = |\langle \psi_{\text{target}} | \psi_{\text{received}} \rangle|^2

; perfect teleportation requires

F=1

, achieved only with maximal entanglement. - No-cloning theorem:

U|\psi\rangle|0\rangle \neq |\psi\rangle|\psi\rangle

for unknown

|\psi\rangle

— teleportation destroys original, preserving unitarity. - Entangle Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com

|\Phi^\pm\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(|00\rangle \pm |11\rangle)

|\Psi^\pm\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(|01\rangle \pm |10\rangle)

. Teleportation protocol: Alice performs Bell measurement on her qubit and entangled pair, sends 2 classical bits to Bob, who applies Pauli correction

I, X, Z, XZ

based on outcome. Fidelity =

|\langle \psi | \rho_{\text{out}} | \psi \rangle|^2

. No faster-than-light signaling: classical bits limit speed to ≤ c. | CONNECTION: No direct geometric ratios (0.382, 0.618, 0.786, 1.618, 2.618) appear. However, Bell states are maximally entangled, corresponding to the four vertices of a regular tetrahedron in the Bloch sphere representation (SO(3) symmetry). The Pauli matrices

X, Y, Z

generate the Clifford group, which is the sy Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com