How Do I Normalize a Three Qbit State?

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Homework Statement


I have a three qbit state:
[itex](a|00> + b|11>)\bigotimes(c|0>+d|1>)[/itex]
and I need to normalise it, I realize that I could deconstruct it into matrices and work it though and solve it but there must be a more efficient way.

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I am unsure really how to proceed from here, I kow that to normalise one does [itex]<\psi|\psi>=1[/itex] but I am confused because this is a 3 qbit state, would it simply be [itex]ac(ac)^{*} + ad(da)^{*} + bc(cb)^{*} + bd(db)^{*}=1[/itex]?.
 
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pleasehelpmeno said:
would it simply be [itex]ac(ac)^{*} + ad(da)^{*} + bc(cb)^{*} + bd(db)^{*}=1[/itex]?.

Looks right to me :smile:

You just multiply together the inner products from the two spaces.