Every earlier audit fixed the phase flip at the right carrier; moving it to each position builds the phase-basis syndrome table. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

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A left phase flip gives syndrome one-zero

Chapter three's basis-bridge lesson always put the minus sign on the right carrier. Here it sits on the left instead: 011. The phase syndrome is 10 and the correction index is 0.

s=10c=0s=10\quad c=0
Left phase flipThe basis bridge locates the minus sign on the left carrier.basis bridge

A middle phase flip fires both phase parity checks

Moving the minus sign to the middle carrier, 101, makes both phase parity checks fire, giving syndrome 11 and correction index 1.

s=11c=1s=11\quad c=1
Middle phase flipBoth phase checks identify the middle carrier.basis bridge

The three phase positions give three distinct syndromes

The right position is the one every earlier audit in this book used: 110, syndrome 01. Together the three rows form the same complete single-error table chapter two already built in the computational basis, now built in the phase basis instead.

s=01c=2s=01\quad c=2
Right phase flipThe final row is the position every prior audit already used.basis bridge