Positively factorizable maps

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Abstract: We initiate a study of linear maps on Mn(mathbbC) that have the property that they factor through a tracial von Neumann algebra (mathcalA,au) via operators ZinMn(mathcalA) whose entries consist of positive elements from the von-Neumann algebra. These maps often arise in the context of non-local games, especially in the synchronous case. We establish a connection with the convex sets in mathbbRn containing self-dual cones and the existence of these maps. The Choi matrix of a map of this kind which factors through an abelian von-Neumann algebra turns out to be a completely positive (CP) matrix. We fully characterize positively factorizable maps whose Choi rank is 2. We also provide some applications of this analysis in finding doubly nonnegative matrices which are not CPSD. A special class of these examples is found from the concept of Unextendible Product Bases in quantum information theory.





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