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Two-state free Brownian motions

Operator Algebras 2011-06-14 v1 Probability

Abstract

In a two-state free probability space (A,ϕ,ψ)(A, \phi, \psi), we define an algebraic two-state free Brownian motion to be a process with two-state freely independent increments whose two-state free cumulant generating function is quadratic. Note that a priori, the distribution of the process with respect to the second state ψ\psi is arbitrary. We show, however, that if AA is a von Neumann algebra, the states ϕ,ψ\phi, \psi are normal, and ϕ\phi is faithful, then there is only a one-parameter family of such processes. Moreover, with the exception of the actual free Brownian motion (corresponding to ϕ=ψ\phi = \psi), these processes only exist for finite time.

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@article{arxiv.1006.1132,
  title  = {Two-state free Brownian motions},
  author = {Michael Anshelevich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.1132},
  year   = {2011}
}

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21 pages

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