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A first-order Lie-Trotter step for H=X+ZH = X + Z has additive error bounded by (t2/2)[X,Z](t^2 / 2) \cdot ||[X, Z]||, where [X,Z]=2iY[X, Z] = -2iY so [X,Z]=2||[X, Z]|| = 2. For a single step of duration t=0.1t = 0.1, what is this error bound?