Analytic function theory for operator-valued free probability

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DOI10.1515/CRELLE-2014-0106zbMATH Open1381.46059arXiv1309.0877OpenAlexW2962876676MaRDI QIDQ2398717FDOQ2398717

John D. Williams

Publication date: 21 August 2017

Published in: Journal für die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is a classical result in complex analysis that the class of functions that arise as the Cauchy transform of probability measures may be characterized entirely in terms of their analytic and asymptotic properties. Such transforms are a main object of study in non-commutative probability theory as the function theory encodes information on the probability measures and the various convolution operations. In extending this theory to operator-valued free probability theory, the analogue of the Cauchy transform is a non-commutative function with domain equal to the non-commutative upper-half plane. In this paper, we prove an analogous characterization of the Cauchy transforms, again, entirely in terms of their analytic and asymptotic behavior. We further characterize those functions which arise as the Voiculescu transform of -infinitely divisible mathcalB-valued distributions. As consequences of these results, we provide a characterization of infinite divisibility in terms of the domain of the relevant Voiculescu transform, provide a purely analytic definition of the semigroups of completely positive maps associated to infinitely divisible distributions and provide a Nevanlinna representation for non-commutative functions with the appropriate asymptotic behavior.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.0877





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