Limit theorems for non-commutative random variables (Q2576793)

The aim of the paper is to establish the weak law of large numbers and the central limit theorem on a homogeneous space and its non-commutative counterpart, a \(C^*\)-algebra equipped with a locally compact group of \({}^*\)-preserving automorphisms. In the first part of the paper, the authors introduce the concept of expectation and variance on a homogeneous space in terms of a variance kernel on such a space. Then they formulate the weak law of large numbers and the central limit theorem for sequences of measures, also in terms of the kernel. In the second, noncommutative part, the concepts of noncommutative variables, expectation and variance are all non-standard ones, but the results obtained, namely the weak law of large numbers and the central limit theorem, are based on the authors' commutative results applied to the group of automorphisms of the \(C^*\)-algebra in question.