A shuffle algebra point of view on operator-valued probability theory (Q2675131)

This paper extends the way developed by \textit{K. Ebrahimi-Fard} and \textit{F. Patras} [Proc. A, R. Soc. Lond. 471, No. 2176, Article ID 20140843, 18 p. (2015; Zbl 1371.46071); Int. Math. Res. Not. 2016, No. 9, 2647--2676 (2016; Zbl 1404.46056); Adv. Math. 328, 112--132 (2018; Zbl 1437.16023)] to consider moments-cumulants relations in free probability with the help of a nonassociative structure called half-shuffle (or dendriform) from scalar-valued to operator-valued probability theory. The frame used here is the one of PRO, seen as algebras in a duoidal category of bicollections (that is to say families of sets indexed by pairs of natural integers). A PRO structure on noncrossing partitions and on words is defined, and it is proved that the underlying Hopf algebras have extra half-shuffle structures related by a half-shuffle morphism. The three half-shuffle logarithms are shown to encode relations between moments and free, boolean, monotone cumulants, through fixed-points equations in the space of bicollection homomorphims of the PRO of words.