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Informationen zum Autor Alexandru Nica is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. Klappentext This book is the first to give a self-contained and comprehensive introduction to free probability theory which has its main focus on the combinatorial aspects. The volume is designed so that it can be used as a text for an introductory course (on an advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level)! and is also well-suited for the individual study of free probability. Zusammenfassung This 2006 book gives a self-contained and comprehensive introduction to free probability theory and has its main focus on the combinatorial aspects. It can be used as a textbook for an introductory graduate level course! and is also well-suited for the individual study of free probability. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Basic Concepts: 1. Non-commutative probability spaces and distributions; 2. A case study of non-normal distribution; 3. C*-probability spaces; 4. Non-commutative joint distributions; 5. Definition and basic properties of free independence; 6. Free product of *-probability spaces; 7. Free product of C*-probability spaces; Part II. Cumulants: 8. Motivation: free central limit theorem; 9. Basic combinatorics I: non-crossing partitions; 10. Basic Combinatorics II: Möbius inversion; 11. Free cumulants: definition and basic properties; 12. Sums of free random variables; 13. More about limit theorems and infinitely divisible distributions; 14. Products of free random variables; 15. R-diagonal elements; Part III. Transforms and Models: 16. The R-transform; 17. The operation of boxed convolution; 18. More on the 1-dimensional boxed convolution; 19. The free commutator; 20. R-cyclic matrices; 21. The full Fock space model for the R-transform; 22. Gaussian Random Matrices; 23. Unitary Random Matrices; Notes and Comments; Bibliography; Index.
