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CPDNN quantum channels with qubit output are CPCP

Quantum Physics 2026-03-19 v1

Abstract

The resource theory for nonnegativity of quantum amplitudes distinguishes completely positive completely positive (CPCP) quantum channels from the larger and more tractable class of completely positive doubly nonnegative (CPDNN) quantum channels. It was left open whether there exists a qutrit-to-qubit quantum channel Φ:M3M2\Phi:M_3\to M_2 that is CPDNN but not CPCP. We answer this question in the negative and prove the stronger statement that every CPDNN quantum channel Φ:MnM2\Phi:M_n\to M_2 is CPCP for every nNn\in\mathbb N. Equivalently, for qubit-output quantum channels the doubly nonnegative relaxation is exact.

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@article{arxiv.2603.16962,
  title  = {CPDNN quantum channels with qubit output are CPCP},
  author = {Hyunho Cha},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.16962},
  year   = {2026}
}

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