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B-Valued Free Convolution for Unbounded Operators

Operator Algebras 2015-12-18 v3 Functional Analysis Probability

Abstract

Consider the B\mathcal{B}-valued probability space (A,E,B)(\mathcal{A}, E, \mathcal{B}), where A\mathcal{A} is a tracial von Neumann algebra. We extend the theory of operator valued free probability to the algebra of affiliated operators A~\tilde{\mathcal{A}}. For a random variable XA~saX \in \tilde{\mathcal{A}}^{sa} we study the Cauchy transform GXG_{X} and show that the operator algebra (B{X})"(\mathcal{B} \cup \{X\})" can be recovered from this function. In the case where B\mathcal{B} is finite dimensional, we show that, when X,YA~saX, Y \in \tilde{\mathcal{A}}^{sa} are assumed to be B\mathcal{B}-free, the R\mathcal{R}-transforms are defined on universal subsets of the resolvent and satisfy RX+RY=RX+Y. \mathcal{R}_{X} + \mathcal{R}_{Y} = \mathcal{R}_{X + Y}. Examples indicating a failure of the theory for infinite dimensional B\mathcal{B} are provided. Lastly, we show that the class of functions that arise as the Cauchy transform of affiliated operators is, in a natural way, the closure of the set of Cauchy transforms of bounded operators.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1507.02580,
  title  = {B-Valued Free Convolution for Unbounded Operators},
  author = {John D. Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.02580},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Several small errors corrected. Streamlined proofs. To be published in Indiana University Journal or Mathematics

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