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An extension of Krishnan's central limit theorem to the Brown-Thompson groups

Operator Algebras 2026-03-24 v2 Probability

Abstract

We extend a central limit theorem, recently established for the Thompson group F=F2F=F_2 by Krishnan, to the Brown-Thompson groups FpF_p, where pp is any integer greater than or equal to 22. The non-commutative probability space considered is the group algebra C[Fp]\mathbb{C}[F_p], equipped with the canonical trace. The random variables in question are an:=(xn+xn1)/2a_n:= (x_n + x_n^{-1})/\sqrt{2}, where {xi}i0\{x_i\}_{i\geq 0} represents the standard family of infinite generators. Analogously to the case of F=F2F=F_2, it is established that the limit distribution of sn=(a0++an1)/ns_n = (a_0 + \ldots + a_{n-1})/\sqrt{n} converges to the standard normal distribution. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that for a state corresponding to Jones's oriented subgroup F\vec{F}, such a central limit theorem does not hold.

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@article{arxiv.2405.17275,
  title  = {An extension of Krishnan's central limit theorem to the Brown-Thompson groups},
  author = {Valeriano Aiello},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.17275},
  year   = {2026}
}

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Accepted for publication in Infinite Dimensional Analysis, Quantum Probability and Related Topics