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We analyze from the simplest case (\n                    <jats:bold>2<\/jats:bold>\n                    qubits) up to a system of (\n                    <jats:bold>5<\/jats:bold>\n                    qubits) and offer a comparison between our quantum-inspired classifier and other classical classifiers. 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