Source code for toqito.channel_props.is_completely_positive
"""Determines if a channel is completely positive."""
import numpy as np
from toqito.channel_ops import kraus_to_choi
from toqito.channel_props import is_herm_preserving
from toqito.matrix_props import is_positive_semidefinite
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def is_completely_positive(
phi: np.ndarray | list[list[np.ndarray]],
rtol: float = 1e-05,
atol: float = 1e-08,
) -> bool:
r"""Determine whether the given channel is completely positive.
(Section: Linear Maps Of Square Operators from [@Watrous_2018_TQI]).
A map \(\Phi \in \text{T} \left(\mathcal{X}, \mathcal{Y} \right)\) is *completely
positive* if it holds that
\[
\Phi \otimes \mathbb{I}_{\text{L}(\mathcal{Z})}
\]
is a positive map for every complex Euclidean space \(\mathcal{Z}\).
Alternatively, a channel is completely positive if the corresponding Choi matrix of the
channel is both Hermitian-preserving and positive semidefinite.
Examples:
We can specify the input as a list of Kraus operators. Consider the map \(\Phi\) defined as
\[
\Phi(X) = X - U X U^*
\]
where
\[
U = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}
\begin{pmatrix}
1 & 1 \\
-1 & 1
\end{pmatrix}.
\]
This map is not completely positive, as we can verify as follows.
```python exec="1" source="above"
import numpy as np
from toqito.channel_props import is_completely_positive
unitary_mat = np.array([[1, 1], [-1, 1]]) / np.sqrt(2)
kraus_ops = [[np.identity(2), np.identity(2)], [unitary_mat, -unitary_mat]]
print(is_completely_positive(kraus_ops))
```
We can also specify the input as a Choi matrix. For instance, consider the Choi matrix
corresponding to the \(2\)-dimensional completely depolarizing channel
\[
\Omega =
\frac{1}{2}
\begin{pmatrix}
1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 1 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 0 & 1
\end{pmatrix}.
\]
We may verify that this channel is completely positive
```python exec="1" source="above"
from toqito.channels import depolarizing
from toqito.channel_props import is_completely_positive
print(is_completely_positive(depolarizing(2)))
```
Args:
phi: The channel provided as either a Choi matrix or a list of Kraus operators.
rtol: The relative tolerance parameter (default 1e-05).
atol: The absolute tolerance parameter (default 1e-08).
Returns:
True if the channel is completely positive, and False otherwise.
"""
# If the variable `phi` is provided as a list, we assume this is a list
# of Kraus operators.
if isinstance(phi, list):
phi = kraus_to_choi(phi)
# Use Choi's theorem to determine whether `phi` is completely positive.
return is_herm_preserving(phi, rtol, atol) and is_positive_semidefinite(phi, rtol, atol)