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is invertible, with negative determinant, so $T_2(C)$ is not positive.
\end{proof}
\begin{example}[Choi]
\label{example:choi-roots-of-unity}
Let $A$ be a $C^*$-algebra, $\lambda \in \complex$ with $|\lambda| = 1$, and $U_\lambda = \text{diag}(\lambda^1, \cdots, \lambda^n)$, then:
\begin{enumerate}
\item For each $X = \sum_{i, j = 1}^n E_{ij} \otimes x_{ij} \in M_n(A)$,
\[
U_\lambda^* X U_{\lambda} = \sum_{i, j = 1}^n E_{ij} \otimes (\lambda^{j - i}x_{ij})
\]
\item The mapping $\phi: M_n(A) \to M_n(A)$ defined by $\phi(X) = n\text{diag}(X) - X$ is completely positive.
\item The mapping $\psi: M_n(A) \to M_n(A)$ defined by $\psi(X) = (n-1)\text{diag}(X) - X$ is not completely positive.
\end{enumerate}
\end{example}
\begin{proof}[Proof, {{\cite[Exercise 3.6]{Paulsen}}}. ]
Throughout this proof, if $A$ is not unital, view $A$ as an operator system in its unitisation, and $M_n(A)$ as an operator system in $M_n$ of its unitisation.
(1): Let $X = \sum_{i, j = 1}^n E_{ij} \otimes x_{ij} \in M_n(A)$, then
\begin{align*}
U_\lambda^* X U_{\lambda} &= \sum_{i, j, k, l = 1}^n (E_{ii} \otimes \lambda^{-i})(E_{jk} \otimes x_{jk})(E_{ll} \otimes \lambda^l) \\
&= \sum_{j, k = 1}^n (E_{jj} \cdot E_{jk} \cdot E_{kk}) \otimes (\lambda^{-j} \cdot x_{jk} \cdot \lambda^k) \\
&= \sum_{j, k = 1}^n E_{jk} \otimes (\lambda^{k-j} x_{jk})
\end{align*}
(2): Let $\omega = e^{2\pi i /n}$, then the $n$-th roots of unity are $\bracsn{\omega^k}_{k = 1}^{n}$. By (1), for any $X = \sum_{i, j = 1}^n E_{ij} \otimes x_{ij}$,
\[
\sum_{k = 1}^{n} U_{\omega^k}^*XU_{\omega^k} = \sum_{i, j, k = 1}^n E_{ij} \otimes \omega^{k(j - i)}x_{ij}
\]
where
\[
\sum_{k = 1}^n \omega^{k(j-i)} = \begin{cases}
0 &j \ne i \\
n &j = i
\end{cases}
\]
so
\begin{align*}
\sum_{k = 1}^n U_{\omega^k}^*XU_{\omega^k} &= \sum_{i = 1}^n E_{ii} \otimes (nx_{ii}) = n\text{diag}(X) \\
\phi(X) = \sum_{k = 1}^{n-1} U_{\omega^k}XU_{\omega^k} &= n\text{diag}(X) - U_1^*XU_1 = n\text{diag}(X) - X
\end{align*}
By \autoref{proposition:multiply-completely-bounded}, $\phi$ is completely positive.
(3): Let $x \in A$ with $x \ge 0$ and $x \ne 0$, and $X = \sum_{i, j = 1}^n E_{ij} \otimes x$, then
\[
X = \sum_{i, j = 1}^n E_{ij} \otimes x = \braks{\sum_{i = 1}^n E_{1i} \otimes x^{1/2}}^*\braks{\sum_{i = 1}^n E_{1i} \otimes x^{1/2}} \ge 0
\]
However, if $V = \sum_{i = 1}^n E_{i1} \otimes 1_A$, then
\begin{align*}
V^*\psi(X)V &= (n-1)V^*\text{diag}(X)V - V^*XV \\
V^*\text{diag}(X)V &= \sum_{i, j, k = 1}^n (E_{1i} \otimes 1_A)(E_{jj} \otimes x)(E_{k1} \otimes 1_A) \\
&= \sum_{i = 1}^n (E_{1i} \otimes 1_A)(E_{ii} \otimes x)(E_{i1} \otimes 1_A) = n(E_{11} \otimes x) \\
V^*XV &= \sum_{i, j, k, l = 1}^n (E_{1i} \otimes 1_A)(E_{jk} \otimes x)(E_{l1} \otimes 1_A) \\
&= \sum_{i, j = 1}^n (E_{1i} \otimes 1_A)(E_{ij} \otimes x)(E_{j1} \otimes 1_A) = n^2(E_{11} \otimes x) \\
V^*\psi(X)V &= (n-1)n(E_{11} \otimes x) - n^2(E_{11} \otimes x) = -n(E_{11} \otimes x)
\end{align*}
As $x \ne 0$, $-n(E_{ii} \otimes x)$ is not positive. Therefore $\psi(X)$ is not positive, and $\psi$ is not a positive map.
\end{proof}
\begin{proposition}
\label{proposition:cstar-reverse-positive}
Let $A$ be a $C^*$-algebra, $A^{\text{op}}$ denote $A$ with the same norm and *-operation, but with the product
\[
A^{\text{op}} \times A^{\text{op}} \to A^{\text{op}} \quad (x, y) \mapsto x \circ y = y \cdot x
\]
then:
\begin{enumerate}
\item $A^{\text{op}}$ is a $C^*$-algebra, $\text{Id}: A \to A^{\text{op}}$ is positive.
\item The transpose map $M_n(\complex) \to M_n(\complex)^{\text{op}}$ is a *-isomorphism.
\item $\text{Id}: M_2(\complex) \to M_2(\complex)^{\text{op}}$ is not 2-positive.
\item (\textbf{Walter}) For each $U, V \in U(A)$ and $X \in A$,
\[
\begin{bmatrix}
1_A & U & X \\
U^* & 1_A & V \\
X^* & V^* & 1_A
\end{bmatrix} \ge 0
\]
if and only if $X = UV$.
\item $\text{Id}: A \to A^{\text{op}}$ is completely positive if and only if $A$ is commutative.
\end{enumerate}
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
(4, $\Leftarrow$): If $X = UV$, then
\begin{align*}
\begin{bmatrix}
1_A & U & UV \\
0 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 0
\end{bmatrix}^*\begin{bmatrix}
1_A & U & UV \\
0 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 0
\end{bmatrix} &= \begin{bmatrix}
1_A & 0 & 0 \\
U^* & 0 & 0 \\
V^*U^* & 0 & 0
\end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix}
1_A & U & UV \\
0 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 0
\end{bmatrix} \\
&= \begin{bmatrix}
1_A & U & UV \\
U^* & 1_A & U^*UV \\
V^*U^* & VV^*U^* & _A
\end{bmatrix}\\
&= \begin{bmatrix}
1_A & U & UV \\
U^* & 1_A & U^*UV \\
V^*U^* & V^*U^*U & A_A
\end{bmatrix}\\
&= \begin{bmatrix}
1_A & U & UV \\
U^* & 1_A & V \\
V^*U^* & V^* & A_A
\end{bmatrix}
\end{align*}
so the given matrix is positive.
(4, $\Rightarrow$): Suppose that the given matrix is positive. By \autoref{lemma:cstar-positive-matrix-decompose-sum}, there exists $\bracsn{a_{k, j}}_{j, k = 1}^3 \subset A$ such that
\[
\begin{bmatrix}
1_A & U & X \\
U^* & 1_A & V \\
X^* & V^* & 1_A
\end{bmatrix} = \sum_{k = 1}^3\begin{bmatrix}
a_{k, 1}^*a_{k,1} & a_{k, 1}^*a_{k,2} & a_{k, 1}^*a_{k,3} \\
a_{k, 2}^*a_{k,1} & a_{k, 2}^*a_{k,2} & a_{k, 2}^*a_{k,3} \\
a_{k, 3}^*a_{k,1} & a_{k, 3}^*a_{k,2} & a_{k, 3}^*a_{k,3} \\
\end{bmatrix}
\]
Using an elementary column operation,
\[
\begin{bmatrix}
1_A & U - U & X \\
U^* & 1_A - U^*U & V \\
X^* & V^* - X^*U & 1_A
\end{bmatrix} = \sum_{k = 1}^3\begin{bmatrix}
a_{k, 1}^*a_{k,1} & a_{k, 1}^*(a_{k,2} - a_{k, 1}U) & a_{k, 1}^*a_{k,3} \\
a_{k, 2}^*a_{k,1} & a_{k, 2}^*(a_{k,2} - a_{k, 1}U) & a_{k, 2}^*a_{k,3} \\
a_{k, 3}^*a_{k,1} & a_{k, 3}^*(a_{k,2} - a_{k, 1}U) & a_{k, 3}^*a_{k,3} \\
\end{bmatrix}
\]
and an elementary row operation,
\[
\begin{bmatrix}
1_A & 0 & X \\
0 & 0 & V - U^*X \\
X^* & V^* - X^*U & 1_A
\end{bmatrix}
\]
is equal to
\[
\sum_{k = 1}^3\begin{bmatrix}
a_{k, 1}^*a_{k,1} & a_{k, 1}^*(a_{k,2} - a_{k, 1}U) & a_{k, 1}^*a_{k,3} \\
(a_{k, 2} - a_{k, 1}U)^*a_{k,1} & (a_{k, 2} - a_{k, 1}U)^*(a_{k,2} - a_{k, 1}U) & (a_{k, 2} - a_{k, 1}U)^*a_{k,3} \\
a_{k, 3}^*a_{k,1} & a_{k, 3}^*(a_{k,2} - a_{k, 1}U) & a_{k, 3}^*a_{k,3} \\
\end{bmatrix}
\]
In particular,
\[
\sum_{k = 1}^3 (a_{k, 2} - a_{k, 1}U)^*(a_{k,2} - a_{k, 1}U) = 0
\]
so $a_{k, 2} = a_{k, 1}U$ for $1 \le k \le 3$. Thus
\[
\begin{bmatrix}
1_A & 0 & X \\
0 & 0 & V - U^*X \\
X^* & V^* - X^*U & 1_A
\end{bmatrix} = \sum_{k = 1}^3\begin{bmatrix}
a_{k, 1}^*a_{k,1} & 0 & a_{k, 1}^*a_{k,3} \\
0 & 0 & 0 \\
a_{k, 3}^*a_{k,1} &0 & a_{k, 3}^*a_{k,3} \\
\end{bmatrix}
\]
and $V = U^*X$, so $X = UV$.
(5): Let $U, V \in U(A)$, then by (4),
\[
\begin{bmatrix}
1_A & U & UV \\
U^* & 1_A & V \\
V^*U^* & V^* & A_A
\end{bmatrix} \ge 0
\]
If the identity is completely positive, then
\[
\begin{bmatrix}
1_A & U & VU \\
U^* & 1_A & V \\
U^*V^* & V^* & A_A
\end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix}
1_A & U & U \circ V \\
U^* & 1_A & V \\
V^* \circ U^* & V^* & A_A
\end{bmatrix} \ge 0
\]
in $M_3(A^{\text{op}})$. By (4), $VU = U \circ V$. Therefore $A$ is commutative.
\end{proof}
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Thus $\dpn{P^{-1/2}\xi, P^{-1/2}\xi}{H} \ge \dpn{(P+\eps)^{-1/2}\xi, (P+\eps)^{-1/2}\xi}{H}$ for all $\xi \in P^{1/2}(H)$. In particular, since $A(H) \subset P^{1/2}(H)$,
\begin{align*}
\dpn{P^{-1/2}A\xi, P^{-1/2}A\xi}{H} &\ge \dpn{(P+\eps)^{-1/2}A\xi, (P+\eps)^{-1/2}A\xi}{H} \\
\dpn{(P^{-1/2}A)^*(P^{1/2}A) \xi, \xi}{H} &\ge \dpn{A^*(P+\eps)^{-1}A\xi,\xi}{H}
\dpn{(P^{-1/2}A)^*(P^{-1/2}A) \xi, \xi}{H} &\ge \dpn{A^*(P+\eps)^{-1}A\xi,\xi}{H}
\end{align*}
so
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and
\begin{align*}
\dpn{(A + A^*)\xi, \xi}{H} &= 2\text{Re}\dpn{A + A^*\xi, \xi}{H} \\
\dpn{(A + A^*)\xi, \xi}{H} &= 2\text{Re}\dpn{(A + A^*)\xi, \xi}{H} \\
|\dpn{(A + A^*)\xi, \xi}{H}| &\le 2 \dpn{P\xi, \xi}{H}^{1/2}\dpn{Q\xi, \xi}{H}^{1/2} \\
\dpn{(P + A + A^* + Q)\xi, \xi}{H} &\le \dpn{P\xi, \xi}{H} + 2 \dpn{P\xi, \xi}{H}^{1/2}\dpn{Q\xi, \xi}{H}^{1/2} + \dpn{Q\xi, \xi}{H} \\
&= (\dpn{P\xi, \xi}{H}^{1/2} + \dpn{Q\xi, \xi}{H}^{1/2})^2 \\