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A Prime Decomposition of Probabilistic Automata

Representation Theory 2015-03-06 v1

Abstract

A definition of a probabilistic automaton is formulated in which its prime decomposition follows as a direct consequence of Krohn-Rhodes theorem. We first characterize the local structure of probabilistic automata. The prime decomposition is presented as a framework to study the global structure of probabilistic automata. We prove that the representation theory of a probabilistic automaton is determined by that of the finite groups in its holonomy decomposition.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1503.01502,
  title  = {A Prime Decomposition of Probabilistic Automata},
  author = {Gunnar Carlsson and Jun Yu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.01502},
  year   = {2015}
}
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