Riesz products, random walks, and the spectrum (Q1812401)

The author shows that to each classical Riesz product there correspond a random walk. Therefore the spectrum of the shift on the tail algebra of the random walks is defined by the measure to which the Riesz product converges. This remark is extended to general groups, which leads to some operator analogous to the Riesz products. The properties of operator Riesz products are investigated.