A Radon--Nikodým theorem for completely positive invariant multilinear maps and its applications (Q2777985)

For two \(C^{*}\)-algebras \(A\) and \(B\), let \(CB(A^{k}, B)\) denote the \(k\)-linear and completely bounded maps from \(A\) into \(B\), and let \(CB_{s}(A^{k}, B)= \{ \phi \in CB(A^{k}, B): \phi \text{ symmetric} \}\), \(CB^{+}(A^{k}, B)= \{ \phi \in CB(A^{k}, B): \phi \text{ completely positive} \}\). Denote by \(ICB_{s}(A^{k}, B)\) and \(ICB^+(A^k,B)\) those elements of \(CB_{s}(A^{k}, B)\) and \(CB^+(A^k,B)\), respectively, which are invariant.NEWLINENEWLINEIn [J. Funct. Anal. 72, 151--181 (1987; Zbl 0622.46040)], \textit{E. Christensen} and \textit{A. M. Sinclair} obtained some representation theorems for some of these operators. NEWLINENEWLINEIn the present paper, this study is pursued further. For \( B = {\mathcal B}( {\mathcal H}) \), \({\mathcal H}\) being a Hilbert space, first a representation theorem is proved for the elements of \(ICB_{s}(A^{k}, B)\) which are completely positive. Then a Radon--Nikodým type theorem is proved for the elements of \(ICB^{+}(A^{k}, B)\). Some applications of the Radon--Nikodým theorem are given.