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An amplitude-damping channel with g=0.5g = 0.5 acts on ρ=++=[0.50.50.50.5]\rho = |+\rangle\langle +| = \begin{bmatrix}0.5 & 0.5 \\ 0.5 & 0.5\end{bmatrix}. What is the purity tr(E(ρ)2)\mathrm{tr}(E(\rho)^2) of the output state?