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Tight upper bound for $m[Q^k - Q^{k+1}]$ for completely positive linear maps

Let $m: \mathcal{L}(\mathbb{R}^{d \times d}) \to \mathbb{R}$ be the function $$ m[H] = \frac{\lambda_{\max}(H[\mathbf{I}])}{\lambda_{\max}(H)}, $$ where $\lambda_{\max}$ denotes the largest eigenvalue....
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distance in the matrix algebra w.r.t. the nuclear norm

Let $\varphi\in\mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{C})$ and let $Z:=\mathbb{C}\cdot I=\{zI\colon\,z\in\mathbb{C}\}$ be the one-dimensional subspace spanned by the identity matrix $I$. Let moreover $\|\cdot\|_{\...
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Recovering the matrix when the Schur decomposition of its blocks are known

Let E be a real symmetric matrix in $M_n(\mathbb{R})$ where $ n=2m$ and $$E=\left(\begin{array}{cc} G & X \\ X^t & H \end{array}\right)$$ where $G,H,X$ are $m\times m$ matrices. Suppose that $...
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Showing a 2-by-2 matrix is a contraction

Let $S\subseteq\mathbb{T}:=\{z\in\mathbb{C}:\vert z\vert=1\}$ be a compact set such that $\operatorname{conv}S\supseteq\{z\in\mathbb{C}:\vert z\vert\leq\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\}$ and $B\in M_2(\mathbb{C})$....
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Extension of the projective norm to a cross norm

Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a finite-dimensional Hilbert space and $\mathcal{A}\subseteq\mathcal{B}(\mathcal{H})$ be an operator system. Is it possible to extend the projective norm (the greatest cross norm) ...
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2-positivity to 3-positivity

Let $B\in M_3(\mathbb{C})$ and $S_3= \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 \\ \end{pmatrix} $. Suppose $I_3\otimes I_2+B\otimes X+B^*\otimes X^*\geq 0$ for all $2$...
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Minimax type principle for a self-adjoint operator acting on a Hilbert space

Let $T\in\mathcal{B}(\mathcal{H})$ be a self-adjoint operator acting on a Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$. Suppose $k\in\mathbb{N}$. Define $$\lambda_k(T)=\sup\limits_{\substack{\mathcal{M}\subseteq \...
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Commutant of the conjugations by unitary matrices

Let $\mathcal{L}(\mathbb{C}^{n \times n})$ denote the algebra of all linear mappings from $\mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$ to $\mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$ and let $\mathcal{C} \subseteq \mathcal{L}(\mathbb{C}^{...
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Special kind of translation and rotational invariance of the numerical range

Let $T\in\mathscr{B(\mathcal{H})}$ and $X\in M_n(\mathbb{C})$. Is the following statement true? If $W(B\otimes X)\subseteq W(B\otimes T)$ for any $B\in M_n$ then $W(B\otimes (X+I_n))\subseteq W(B\...
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A generalization of the Powers-Stormer inequality

The well-known Powers-Stormer inequality says the following: for positive semidefinite operators $A, B$, we have that $\mathrm{Tr}((A - B)(A - B)) \leq \| A^2 - B^2 \|_1$, where $\| \cdot \|_1$ ...