There Are Many More Positive Maps Than Completely Positive Maps

Igor Klep, Scott McCullough, Klemen Šivic, Aljaž Zalar · International Mathematics Research Notices · 2017

Abstract A $\ast$-linear map $\Phi$ between matrix spaces is positive if it maps positive semidefinite matrices to positive semidefinite ones, and is called completely positive if all its ampliations $I_n\otimes \Phi$ are positive. In this article, quantitative bounds on the fraction of positive maps that are completely positive are proved. A main tool is the real algebraic geometry techniques developed by Blekherman to study the gap between positive polynomials and sums of squares. Finally, an algorithm to produce positive maps that are not completely positive is given.

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