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Christensen-Evans theorem and extensions of GNS-symmetric quantum Markov semigroups

Operator Algebras 2022-03-02 v1 Mathematical Physics Functional Analysis math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

In this note we prove a refined version of the Christensen-Evans theorem for generators of uniformly continuous GNS-symmetric quantum Markov semigroups. We use this result to show the existence of GNS-symmetric extensions of GNS-symmetric quantum Markov semigroups. In particular, this implies that the generators of GNS-symmetric quantum Markov semigroups on finite-dimensional von Neumann algebra can be written in the form specified by Alicki's theorem.

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@article{arxiv.2203.00341,
  title  = {Christensen-Evans theorem and extensions of GNS-symmetric quantum Markov semigroups},
  author = {Melchior Wirth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.00341},
  year   = {2022}
}