On Completely Positive Maps Defined by an Irreducible Correspondence

Abstract

AbstractCompletely positive maps defined by an irreducible correspondence between two von Neumann algebras M and N are introduced. We give results about their structure and characterize, among them, those which are extreme points in the convex set of all unital completely positive maps from M to N. As particular cases we obtain known results of M. D. Choi [4] on completely positive maps between complex matrices and of J. A. Mingo [8] on inner completely positive maps.