Fixed points of normal completely positive maps on B( H)

Abstract: Given a sequence of bounded operators

a_{j}

on a Hilbert space

H

with

s u m a_{j}^{*} a_{j} = 1 = s u m a_{j} a_{j}^{*}

, we study the map

P s i

defined on

B (H)

by

P s i (x) = s u m a_{j}^{*} x a_{j}

and its restriction

P h i

to the Hilbert-Schmidt class

C^{2} (H)

. In the case when the sum

s u m a_{j}^{*} a_{j}

is norm-convergent we show in particular that the operator

P h i - 1

is not invertible if and only if the C

^{*}

-algebra

A

generated by

(a_{j})

has an amenable trace. This is used to show that

P s i

may have fixed points in

B (H)

which are not in the commutant

A^{'}

of

A

even in the case when the weak* closure of

A

is injective. However, if

A

is abelian, then all fixed points of

P s i

are in

A^{'}

even if the operators

a_{j}

are not positive.

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