Extremal unital completely positive normal maps and its symmetries

arXiv1301.2507MaRDI QIDQ6238670FDOQ6238670

Authors: Anilesh Mohari 

Publication date: 11 January 2013

Abstract: We consider the convex set of ( unital ) positive ( completely ) maps from a $C^{\ast }$ algebra $cla$ to a von-Neumann sub-algebra $clm$ of $clb(clh)$, the algebra of bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space $clh$ and study its extreme points via its canonical lifting to the convex set of ( unital ) positive ( complete ) normal maps from $hatcla$ to $clm$, where $hatcla$ is the universal enveloping von-Neumann algebra over $cla$. If $cla=clm$ and a ( complete ) positive operator $au$ is a unique sum of a normal and a singular ( complete ) positive maps. Furthermore, a unital complete positive map is a unique convex combination of unital normal and singular complete positive maps. We used a duality argument to find a criteria for extremal elements in the convex set of unital completely positive maps having a given faithful normal invariant state. In our investigation, gauge symmetry in Stinespring representation and Kadison theorem on order isomorphism played an important role.

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