Computation of some examples of brown’s spectral measure in free probability

Colloquium Mathematicum

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-211

  Biane, Philippe ^a   Lehner, Franz ^b,c  

^a ÉCOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Convolution operator; Free probability; Free product group; Random matrix; Random walk; Spectral measure

Indexed keywords

EID: 1042275757     PISSN: 00101354     EISSN: 17306302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4064/cm90-2-3     Document Type: Article

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