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Principal angles between random subspaces and polynomials in two free projections

Probability 2021-09-15 v1

Abstract

We use the geometric concept of principal angles between subspaces to compute the noncommutative distribution of an expression involving two free projections. For example, this allows to simplify a formula by Fevrier-Mastnak-Nica-Szpojankowski about the free Bernoulli anticommutator. We also derive economically an explicit formula for the free additive convolution of Bernoulli distributions. As a byproduct, we observe the remarkable fact that the principal angles between random half-dimensional subspaces are asymptotically distributed according to the uniform measure.

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@article{arxiv.2109.06535,
  title  = {Principal angles between random subspaces and polynomials in two free projections},
  author = {Guillaume Aubrun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.06535},
  year   = {2021}
}

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9 pages

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