Some weak laws of large numbers in noncommutative probability
Some weak laws of large numbers in noncommutative probability
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非交换概率中大数的一些弱定律
DOI:
10.1007/pl00004356
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发表时间:
1997
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通讯作者:
V. Pata
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作者:
J. Lindsay;V. Pata
The random variables of classical probability may be viewed as elements affiliated to an abelian von Neumann algebra with specified state. Events then correspond to (orthogonal) projections in the algebra, and the probability of an event is given by the value of the state on the corresponding projection. A systematic development of probability and integration theory for non-abelian von Neumann algebras was begun by IE Segal in the fifties ([Seg]), but the development of quantum theory from this point of view may be traced back to J. von Neumann ([Neu]). Indeed, it was a major motivation for his important work with FJ Murray on Rings of Operators (now called von Neumann algebras). The general problem of independence in noncommutative probability is a deep one which remains unresolved. On the one hand, basic factorisation conditions (on a state, over the subalgebras) have been investigated and used for establishing strong laws of large numbers ([Bat],[Jaj]). On the other hand, specific types of independence have been used for central limit results ([CuH],[Wal],[VDN],[Spe]), and invariance principles ([Sc 1]). These types include Bose, Fermi and free independence which are, respectively, related to the tensor product, the graded tensor product and the free product of algebras. The basic factorisation property is supplemented by (anti-) commutation relations between elements of the respective sub-algebras, in the Bose and Fermi cases, and more extensive factorisation in the free case. A recent paper of M. Schürmann contains an analysis which suggests that the above three types are essentially the only possible forms of noncommutative independence ([Sc 2]). Addition of independent random variables, in classical probability, corresponds to the convolution of their respective laws. Schürmann has developed a bialgebra approach to independence which involves convolutions of states