Computation of some examples of Brown's spectral measure in free probability (Q2773264)

In this paper, methods from free probability theory are used to compute spectra and Brown measures of some non-hermitian and non-\(R\)-diagonal operators in finite von Neumann algebras which can be written as a free sum of a non-\(R\)-diagonal element and an element with an arbitrary *-distribution. In particular, \(u_n+u_\infty\) is considered in the free product \(\mathbb{Z}_n*\mathbb{Z}\), where \(u_n\) and \(u_\infty\) are the generators of \(\mathbb{Z}_n\) and \(\mathbb{Z}\), respectively. Moreover, motivated by the close connection between random matrix theory and free probability, so-called elliptic elements of the form \(S_\alpha+ iS_\beta\) are investigated, where \(S_\alpha\) and \(S_\beta\) are free semicircular elements with variances \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\), respectively.