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Limit laws for products of free and independent random variables

Authors 1, 2

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  1. Mathematics Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A.
  2. Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy

Abstract

We determine the distributional behavior of products of free (in the sense of Voiculescu) identically distributed random variables. Analogies and differences with the classical theory of independent random variables are then discussed.

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Studia Mathematica
2000/141/1
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Pages:
43-52
Main language of publication
English
Accepted
2000-04-10
Published
2000
Exact and natural sciences