On a characterization of positive maps

Abstract
Drawing on results of Choi, Størmer and Woronowicz, we present a nearly complete characterization of certain important classes of positive maps. In particular, we construct a general class of positive linear maps acting between two matrix algebras ℬ() and ℬ(), where and are finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces. It turns out that elements of this class are characterized by operators from the dual cone of the set of all separable states on ℬ(⊗). Subsequently, the relation between entanglements and positive maps is described. Finally, a new characterization of the cone ℬ()+⊗ℬ()+ is given.

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