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I am trying to understand the relationship between rotational gates $R_P(\theta)$, where $P \in \{X,Y,Z\}$.

As stated here, $\exp(iPx)=\cos(x)I+i\sin(x)P$. Therefore, since $R_P(\theta) = \exp(-iP\cdot\theta/2)$, $R_P(\pi) \cong P$. In words, a rotational gate $R_P(\pi)$ is equivalent to $P$, up to a global phase.

I can't verify this through a simple check on Wolfram|alpha.

Specifically, I give as input

e^{i*{{0,1},{1,0}}*(-pi/2)}

But get in output $$ \begin{bmatrix} 1 & -i \\ -i & 1 \end{bmatrix} $$ instead of $$ \begin{bmatrix} 0 & -i \\ -i & 0 \end{bmatrix}.$$

What am I mistaking?

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    $\begingroup$ This gives component-wise exponentiation. You instead need to use the expm function, which gives the desired result. $\endgroup$
    – nippon
    Sep 19, 2022 at 10:48

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