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The index of a quantum dynamical semigroup

funct-an 2008-02-03 v1 Operator Algebras

Abstract

A numerical index is introduced for semigroups of completely positive maps of \CalB(H)\Cal B(H) which generalizes the index of E_0-semigroups. It is shown that the index of a unital completely positive semigroup agrees with the index of its dilation to an E_0-semigroup, provided that the dilation is minimal.

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@article{arxiv.funct-an/9705005,
  title  = {The index of a quantum dynamical semigroup},
  author = {William Arveson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:funct-an/9705005},
  year   = {2008}
}

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