Functions of regular variation and freely stable laws (Q2568717)

The aim of the present paper is to determine the domains of attraction of freely stable laws in the sense of \textit{D. Voiculescu} [J. Funct. Anal. 66, 323--346 (1986; Zbl 0651.46063)]. The main tool used by the authors is the theory of so called functions of regular variation, due to Karamata (see, e.g., [\textit{E. Seneta}, ``Regularly varying functions'' (Lect. Notes in Math. 508, Springer--Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York) (1976; Zbl 0324.26002)]). The results show a complete analogy with the classical probability. Moreover, they can be used to provide alternative proofs of the corresponding classical arguments.