@atyy
please read RobikShresta thread.
The question is about distinguishing non orthogonal states.
The exercise is in
http://www.johnboccio.com/research/quantum/notes/QC10th.pdf
Nielsen writes that
non-orthogonal states can’t be reliably distinguished (Box 2.3)
I wrote:
would it be possible to make a modified EPR experiment
There is a device that create pairs of particles with 2 degrees of freedom
one "1" goes to the left and the other "2" goes to the left.
When "1" is projected on (1 0) "2" is projected on |v1> and
when "1" is projected on (0 1) "2" is projected on |v2> (v1 and v2 are not orthogonal)
Does Nielsen says that this is not possible?
Do you see the equivalence between distinguishing non orthogonal
states and cloning possibility?