Berry-Esseen type bounds for the matrix coefficients and the spectral radius of the left random walk on \(\mathrm{GL}_d(\mathbb{R})\) (Q2143618)

This paper presents an overview of the study of probability theory on semigroups. An emphasis is placed on convolution of infinite measure. Important concept such as the factorization theorem of convolution idempotents and the Rees decomposition theorem on semigroups are presented. These results were established in the past mostly on second countable or metrizable spaces. A Polish space is a separable completely metrizable topological space. A Polish space is therefore a particular case of a second countable space which is generally more suitable for probability theory. The author provides better proofs in most cases than ones that would have been done with a second countable topology.