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A Variant of the Kaplansky Problem for Maps on Positive Matrices

Functional Analysis 2022-04-26 v1 Operator Algebras Rings and Algebras

Abstract

We prove that all injective maps on positive complex matrices which preserve order and shrink spectrum are implemented by unitary or antiunitary conjugations. We show by counterexamples that all assumptions are indispensable. The result easily generalizes to maps on hermitian matrices.

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@article{arxiv.2204.11622,
  title  = {A Variant of the Kaplansky Problem for Maps on Positive Matrices},
  author = {Mateo Tomašević},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.11622},
  year   = {2022}
}

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13 pages