A question about reduced density matrices

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We have ## \rho ## and a hamiltonian K on ## H_s \otimes H_E##.
have we [tex](K \rho)_S \otimes Id_E = K (\rho _S \otimes Id_E)[/tex] ?

here ## \rho _ s ## and ## (K \rho) _ s ## are the reduced density matrices.
If P maps an operator O to ##O_S \otimes Id_E##, I have to prove that
## PK \rho = KP \rho## for all ##\rho##
 
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naima said:
If P maps an operator O to ##O_S \otimes Id_E##, I have to prove that
## PK \rho = KP \rho## for all ##\rho##
This link gave mea this idea:
##\partial_t P\rho = i[P\rho, K] = \partial_t (\rho_S \otimes Id_E)
= \partial_t \rho_S \otimes Id_E = P\partial_t \rho ## as trace and derivation commute.
## = iP[\rho, K]##
So ## PK \rho = KP \rho##
Is it correct?
 

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