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It is defined as the set of essential unitary equivalence classes \\([\\pi]\\) of unital \\(*\\)-monomorphisms \\(\\pi\\) of \\(\\mathcal{A}\\) into the Calkin algebra \\(\\mathcal{C}(\\mathcal{H})\\) of the Hilbert space \\(\\mathcal{H}=\\ell^2(\\mathbb{N})\\). Namely, if \\(\\rho:\\mathcal{B}(\\mathcal{H})\\rightarrow\\mathcal{C}(\\mathcal{H})\\) is the quotient map, then  \\[  \\pi_1\\sim\\pi_2\\;\\iff \\;\\exists u\\in\\mathcal{U}(\\mathcal{B}(\\mathcal{H})), \\pi_2=\\text{Ad}\\,\\rho(u)\\,\\circ\\,\\pi_1.  \\]  From the fact that \\(\\mathcal{H}\\oplus\\mathcal{H}\\simeq\\mathcal{H}\\), one can define a semigroup structure on Ext\\((\\mathcal{A})\\) by \\([\\pi_1]+[\\pi_2]=[\\pi_1\\oplus\\pi_2]\\). \\textit{D.~Voiculescu} [Rev.\\ Roum.\\ Math.\\ Pures Appl.\\ 21, 97--113 (1976; Zbl 0335.46039)] showed that when \\(\\mathcal{A}\\) is separable and unital, Ext\\((\\mathcal{A})\\) has a neutral element; in the same year, \\textit{M.--D.\\ Choi} and \\textit{E.~G.\\ Effros} [Ann.\\ Math.\\ (2) 104, 585--609 (1976; Zbl 0361.46067)] showed that Ext\\((\\mathcal{A})\\) is a group when \\(\\mathcal{A}\\) is nuclear. \\textit{J.~Anderson} [Ann.\\ Math.\\ (2) 107, 455--458 (1978; Zbl 0363.46053)] found the first example of a unital C\\(^*\\)-algebra with Ext\\((\\mathcal{A})\\) not a group. Later, \\textit{S.~Wassermann} [Ann.\\ Math.\\ (2) 134, No.~2, 423--431 (1991; Zbl 0754.46040)] provided more examples of C\\(^*\\)-algebras \\(\\mathcal{A}\\) for which Ext\\((\\mathcal{A})\\) is not a group.  \\textit{D.~Voiculescu} pointed out in \\S\\ 5.11 of [Integral Equations Oper.\\ Theory 17, No.~1, 137--149 (1993; Zbl 1048.47501)] that \\(C^*_{\\text{red}}(\\mathbb{F}_n)\\) -- the reduced C\\(^*\\)-algebra of a free group -- is a natural example to consider when looking for further instances where Ext fails to be a group. Let \\(\\lambda\\) denote the left regular representation of \\(\\mathbb{F}_n\\). In \\S\\ 5.12 and \\S\\ 5.14 from the same paper, it was shown that if for each \\(k\\in\\mathbb{N}\\), there exist unitary representations \\(\\rho_k\\) of the group algebra \\(\\mathbb{C}(\\mathbb{F}_n)\\) into \\(M_k(\\mathbb{C})\\) such that  \\[ \\lim_{k\\rightarrow\\infty}\\| \\rho_k(X)\\| =\\| \\lambda(X)\\| , \\tag{1} \\]  then Ext\\((C_{\\text{red}}^*(\\mathbb{F}_n))\\) is not a group (the argument is nicely explained in Remark 8.6 of the paper under review).   The main result can be stated as follows. Let \\((\\Omega,{\\mathcal F}, P)\\) be a probability space, \\(m\\in\\mathbb{N} \\cup\\{\\infty\\}\\), \\((X_k^{(n)})_{k=1}^m\\) independent \\(n\\times n\\) Gaussian self-adjoint random matrices (in random matrix language, \\(X_k^{(m)}\\in\\text{SGRM}(n,\\frac1n)\\)), let \\((x_i)_{i=1}^m\\) be a semi-circular family in a C\\(^*\\)-probability space \\((\\mathcal{B},\\tau)\\), and let \\(p\\) be a noncommutative complex polynomial in \\(m\\) variables. Then,  \\[ \\lim_{n\\rightarrow\\infty}\\,\\| p((X_k^{(n)}(\\omega))_{k=1}^m)\\| =\\| p((x_i)_{i=1}^m)\\| , \\text{ \\(P\\)-a.e. in }\\omega.\\tag{2} \\]  The proof of this theorem appears in Section 7, requiring many prerequisites developed in Sections 2--6.  In Section 8, it is shown how (2) implies (1) (as a matter of fact, just one point \\(\\omega\\) of sure convergence is enough, as pointed out by the authors). 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