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Noncommutative hyperbolic metrics

Operator Algebras 2019-10-15 v2

Abstract

We characterize certain noncommutative domains in terms of noncommutative holomorphic equivalence via a pseudometric that we define in purely algebraic terms. We prove some properties of this pseudometric and provide an application to free probability.

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@article{arxiv.1707.09762,
  title  = {Noncommutative hyperbolic metrics},
  author = {Serban Belinschi and Victor Vinnikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.09762},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

Second version: expanded introduction, several modifications, including the definition of a new distance, a correction in Proposition 4.7, and a strengthening of the free probability results. Comments welcome

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