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Duality for convex monoids

Operator Algebras 2024-06-25 v1 Category Theory Quantum Algebra

Abstract

Every C*-algebra gives rise to an effect module and a convex space of states, which are connected via Kadison duality. We explore this duality in several examples, where the C*-algebra is equipped with the structure of a finite-dimensional Hopf algebra. When the Hopf algebra is the function algebra or group algebra of a finite group, the resulting state spaces form convex monoids. We will prove that both these convex monoids can be obtained from the other one by taking a coproduct of density matrices on the irreducible representations. We will also show that the same holds for a tensor product of a group and a function algebra.

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@article{arxiv.1510.05902,
  title  = {Duality for convex monoids},
  author = {Frank Roumen and Sutanu Roy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.05902},
  year   = {2024}
}

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13 pages

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