We construct a large class of indecomposable positive linear maps from the matrix algebra into the matrix algebra, which generate exposed extreme rays of the convex cone of all positive maps. We show that extreme points of the dual faces for separable states arising from these maps are parametrized by the Riemann sphere, and the convex hulls of the extreme points arising from a circle parallel to the equator have exactly the same properties with the convex hull of the trigonometric moment curve studied from combinatorial topology. Any interior points of the dual faces are boundary separable states with full ranks. We exhibit concrete examples of such states.
The purpose of this short note is to clarify and present a general version of an interesting observation by Piani and Mora (Physic. Rev. A 75, 012305 (2007)), linking complete positivity of linear maps on matrix algebras to decomposability of their ampliations. Let
Ai,
Ci be unital C*-algebras and let
αi be positive linear maps from
Ai to
Ci, i=1,2. We obtain conditions under which any positive map
β from the minimal C*-tensor product
A1⊗minA2 to
C1⊗minC2, such that $ α_1 \otimes α_2 \geq β$, factorizes as
β=γ⊗α2 for some positive map
γ. In particular we show that when
αi:Ai→B(Hi) are completely positive (CP) maps for some Hilbert spaces
Hi (i=1,2), and
α2 is a pure CP map and
β is a CP map so that
α1⊗α2−β is also CP, then
β=γ⊗α2 for some CP map
γ. We show that a similar result holds in the context of positive linear maps when
A2=C2=B(H) and
α2=id. As an application we extend \cite[IX Theorem]{PM}( revisited recently by Huber et al in \cite{HLLM}) to show that for any linear map
τ from a unital C*-algebra
A to a C*-algebra
C, if
τ⊗idk is decomposable for some
k≥2, where
idk is the identity map on the algebra
Mk(C) of
k×k matrices, then
τ is completely positive.
Let and let be the n-dimensional second-order cone, or Lorentz cone. A linear map M from to is called positive if M[Lm]⊂Ln . The set of positive maps forms a convex cone, the positive cone. Its dual cone, the separable cone, is the convex hull of tensor products x⊗y, where x∈Ln , y∈Lm . The structure of the positive and the separable cones is the subject of the present contribution. We study the action of the automorphism group of the positive cone and provide a complete classification of its orbits by constructing explicitly canonical forms. This enables us to identify and to classify the extreme rays of the positive cone, as well as their dual counterparts, the largest faces of the separable cone. We also characterize positive maps which are scalable to doubly stochastic ones.