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\end{proof}
\begin{proposition}
\label{proposition:abstract-operator-system-norm}
Let $S$ be an abstract operator system with order unit $e$. For each $s \in M_n(S)$, let\footnote{Infimum exists because $I_{M_{2n}(S)} \otimes e$ is the order unit in $M_{2n}(S)$.}
\[
\norm{s}_{M_n(S)} = \inf\bracs{r > 0 \bigg | \begin{bmatrix}
rI_{M_n(S)} \otimes e &s \\
s^* & rI_{M_n(S)} \otimes e
\end{bmatrix} \ge 0}
\]
then
\begin{enumerate}
\item $\norm{\cdot}_{M_n(S)}$ is a norm.
\item For each $s \in M_n(S)$, $\norm{s}_{M_n(S)} = \normn{s^*}_{M_n(S)}$.
\item $\bracsn{s \in M_n(S)|s \ge 0}$ is closed with respect to $\norm{\cdot}_{M_n(S)}$.
\end{enumerate}
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
(1): By replacing $S$ with $M_n(S)$, assume without loss of generality that $n = 1$. Let $s \in S$ with $\norm{s}_{M_n(S)} = 0$, then for each $r > 0$,
\[
\begin{bmatrix}
re &s \\
s^* & re
\end{bmatrix} \ge 0 \quad \forall r > 0
\]
As such, for each $\lambda \in \complex$,
\[
0 \le \begin{bmatrix}
1 & \ol \lambda
\end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix}
re &s \\
s^* & re
\end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix}
1 \\
\lambda
\end{bmatrix} = r(1 + |\lambda|^2)e + \lambda s + (\lambda s)^*
\]
As the above holds for all $r > 0$, $\lambda s + (\lambda s)^* \ge 0$. In particular, $0 \le s + s^* \le 0$ and $0 \le is + (is)^* \le 0$, so $\text{Re}(s) = \text{Im}(s) = 0$, and $s = 0$.
(2): For any $s \in S$ and $r > 0$,
\[
\begin{bmatrix}
0 & 1 \\
1 & 0
\end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix}
re &s \\
s^* & re
\end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix}
0 & 1 \\
1 & 0
\end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix}
re &s^* \\
s & re
\end{bmatrix}
\]
so
\[
\begin{bmatrix}
re &s \\
s^* & re
\end{bmatrix} \ge 0 \quad \Leftrightarrow \quad \begin{bmatrix}
re &s^* \\
s & re
\end{bmatrix} \ge 0
\]
(3): Let $s \in S^+$, where the closure is taken with respect to $\normn{\cdot}_{M_1(S)}$. By (2), $\ol{S^+} \subset \ol S_{sa} = S$. Let $r > 0$, then there exists $t \in S^+$ and $\normn{s - t}_{S} < r$. As such,
\begin{align*}
0 &\le \begin{bmatrix}
re &s - t \\
s - t & re
\end{bmatrix} \\
0 &\le \begin{bmatrix}
1 & 1
\end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix}
re &s - t \\
s - t & re
\end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix}
1 \\ 1
\end{bmatrix} = 2re + 2s - 2t
\end{align*}
so $re + s \ge 0$. By the Archimedean property, $s \ge 0$.
\end{proof}
\begin{theorem}[Choi-Effros]
\label{theorem:choi-effros}
Let $S$ be an abstract operator system with order unit $e$, then there exists a complex Hilbert space $H$, an operator system $S_1 \subset B(H)$, and a complete order isomorphism $\Phi: S \to S_1$ with $\phi(e) = I_H$.
\end{theorem}
\begin{proof}
For each $n \in \natp$, let
\[
K_n = \bracsn{\phi: S \to M_n(\complex)| \phi \text{ is unital, completely positive}}
\]
and $K = \bigsqcup_{n \in \natp}K_n$\footnote{The matrix state space.}. Define\footnote{The summand on each $\phi \in K_n$ is $M_n(\complex)$.}
\[
\Phi: S \to [l^\infty(K); M_n(\complex)] \quad \Phi(s)_\phi = \phi(s)
\]
then $[l^\infty(K); M_n(\complex)] \subset B([l^2(K); \complex^n])$, and $\Phi$ is unital and completely positive.
Let $n \in \natp$ and $s \in M_n(S)$ with $\Phi_n(s) \ge 0$. Suppose for contradiction that $s < 0$, then by the \hyperref[Hahn-Banach Theorem]{theorem:hahn-banach-geometric-2}, there exists $\tilde \phi \in M_n(S)^*$ such that $\tilde \phi (s) \not\ge 0$ but $\tilde \phi(t) \ge 0$ for all $t \in M_n(S)$ with $t \ge 0$. As such, $\tilde \phi$ is a positive linear functional on $M_n(S)^*$. By \autoref{proposition:matrix-order-positive-characterisation}, the associated map $\phi: S \to M_n(\complex)$, defined by $\phi(t)_{ij} = \tilde \phi(E_{ij} \otimes t)$, is completely positive. However,
\[
\sum_{i, j = 1}^n \dpn{\phi(s_{ij})e_j, e_i}{\complex^n} = \tilde \phi(s) < 0
\]
so $\phi_n(s) \not\ge 0$ as well. After composing with the range projection of $\phi(e)$, assume without loss of generality that $\phi(e)$ is invertible. In which case, $\phi' = \phi(e)^{-1/2}\phi \phi(e)^{-1/2}$ is unital and completely positive with $\phi_n'(s) \not\ge 0$, contradiction.
\end{proof}
\begin{definition}[Maximal Operator System Structure]
\label{definition:maximal-operator-system}
Let $S$ be an operator system with order unit $e$. For each $n \in \natp$, $C_n = \ol{M_n(\complex)_+ \otimes S_+} \subset M_n(S)$, then $\seq{C_n}$ defines a matrix order on $S$, and $(S, \seq{C_n}, e)$ is an operator system. The triple $\text{OMAX}(S) = (S, \seq{C_n}, e)$ is the \textbf{maximal} operator system structure on $S$.
\end{definition}
\begin{example}
\label{example:matrix-os-embedding-not-homomorphism}
Let
\[
\phi: M_n(\complex) \to M_{n+1}(\complex) \quad a \mapsto \begin{bmatrix}
a & 0 \\
0 & \frac{\tau(a)}{n}
\end{bmatrix}
\]
then $\phi$ is an embedding of operator systems, but $\phi(M_n(\complex))$ is not a $C^*$-subalgebra.
\end{example}
\begin{example}
\label{example:arveson-nc-function}
Let $S = \text{span}\bracsn{1, z, \ol z} \subset C(\mathbb{T})$, then $C^*(S) = C(\mathbb{T})$, but $S$ also embeds into and generates $C(\mathbb D)$. In this particular case, $C(\mathbb T) = C^*_{\min}(S)$.
\end{example}