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Remarks on “On Completely Positive Maps in Generalized Quantum Dynamics”

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The assertion by Simmons and Park that the dynamical map associated with the Bloch equations of nuclear magnetic resonance is not completely positive is wrong.

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  1. Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, ETH-Zentrum, Zürich, Switzerland

    G. A. Raggio & H. Primas

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Raggio, G.A., Primas, H. Remarks on “On Completely Positive Maps in Generalized Quantum Dynamics”. Found Phys 12, 433–435 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00726787

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