Table 4 Self-replication, interaction with the environment and mutations.

From: Quantum Artificial Life in an IBM Quantum Computer

Basis element

0000

0001

0010

0011

0100

0101

0110

0111

1000

1001

1010

1011

1100

1101

1110

1111

Measured events

3201

282

385

447

1344

217

541

494

235

608

297

2026

464

1509

946

6325

Predicted events

3466

137

309

12

1174

46

622

25

12

303

76

1930

26

659

401

10123

  1. Number of measurements for every element of the four-qubit σz basis. The experimental values for 〈σz〉 are (−0.28, −0.23, −0.19, −0.23) while the ideal values are (−0.40, −0.35, −0.40, −0.37). The experimental basis is also permuted to coincide with the ideal results in the |g1p1g2p2〉 basis.