Higher-Order Hankel Obstructions to Free Infinite Divisibility for Beta Distributions
Abstract
We study free infinite divisibility in the two-parameter family of beta distributions . Conditional positive definiteness of free cumulants yields a hierarchy of necessary Hankel conditions. We factor the first nontrivial determinant and obtain the explicit necessary inequality Its strict reverse defines an open two-dimensional non-freely-infinitely-divisible region not contained in the previously known exclusions. As a boundary consequence, we complete the classification of one boundary family: is freely infinitely divisible if and only if . The determinant is also obtained explicitly in the symmetric variables and . Finally, exact-rational certificates show that each leading Hankel test from through strictly enlarges the exclusion supplied by all preceding leading tests. In particular, the test already detects an open set with , beyond the range accessible to the determinant. The results are finite-order obstructions rather than a complete classification; two limiting arguments explain why no fixed member of the leading Hankel hierarchy can provide a uniform obstruction up to the small-parameter boundary.
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@article{arxiv.2607.17630,
title = {Higher-Order Hankel Obstructions to Free Infinite Divisibility for Beta Distributions},
author = {Diwen Yu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.17630},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
9 pages, 1 figure; exact-rational verification code and certificates included as ancillary files