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Pauli-Y gate

The Pauli-Y gate is a single-qubit rotation through π\piπ radians around the y-axis.

 Y=σy=σ2=(0−ii0)\ Y= \sigma_y = \sigma_2 = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & -i \\ i & 0 \end{pmatrix} Y=σy​=σ2​=(0i​−i0​)

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