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IJMMS 32:8 (2002) 507–513 PII. S0161171202111331 © Hindawi Publishing Corp. COMPLETELY CONTRACTIVE MAPS BETWEEN C ∗-ALGEBRAS W. T. SULAIMAN Received 15 November 2001 We give a simple proof that any completely contractive map between C ∗-algebras is the top right hand corner of a two completely positive unital matrix operator. Some well-known results are deduced. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 47B65. 1. Introduction. Let A and B be C ∗-algebras, S ⊂ A be a subspace, and φ : S → B be a linear map. We define φn : Mn (S) → Mn (B) by φn aij = φ aij . (1.1) We said that φ is n-positive if φn is positive and that φ is completely positive if φn is positive for all n. The map φ is said to be n-bounded (resp., n-contractive) if φn ≤ c (resp., φn ≤ 1). The map φ is said to be completely bounded (resp., completely contractive) if φ = sup φ ∞ (resp., φ = sup φ ≤ 1). n- cb n n cc n n positivity (resp., n-boundedness or n-contractivity) implies (n − 1)-positivity (resp., (n − 1)-boundedness or (n − 1)-contractivity). The converse is not true in general. For any C ∗-algebra A, M (M (A)) is identified with M (M (A)) because there is a n p p n canonical isomorphism between M (M (A)) and M (M (A)) by the rearrangement of n p p n an n ×n matrix of p ×p blocks as a p ×p matrix of n ×n blocks with the (i,j)th entry of the (k,)-block becoming the (k,)th entry of the (i,j)th block. This rearrangement corresponds t