Orthogonalization of Positive Operator Valued Measures

We show that a partition of the unity (or POVM) on a Hilbert space that is almost orthogonal is close to an orthogonal POVM in the same von Neumann algebra. This generalizes to infinite dimension previous results in matrix algebras by Kempe–Vidick and Ji–Natarajan–Vidick–Wright–Yuen. Quantitatively,...

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Main Author: de la Salle, Mikael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Académie des sciences 2022-05-01
Series:Comptes Rendus. Mathématique
Online Access:https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/mathematique/articles/10.5802/crmath.326/
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Summary:We show that a partition of the unity (or POVM) on a Hilbert space that is almost orthogonal is close to an orthogonal POVM in the same von Neumann algebra. This generalizes to infinite dimension previous results in matrix algebras by Kempe–Vidick and Ji–Natarajan–Vidick–Wright–Yuen. Quantitatively, our result are also finer, as we obtain a linear dependance, which is optimal.We also generalize to infinite dimension a duality result between POVMs and minimal majorants of finite subsets in the predual of a von Neumann algebra.
ISSN:1778-3569