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Wigner’s semicircle law and free independence

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Free probability theory is a mathematical generlization of classical probability theory. For free central limit theorem we get the semicircle law as the limit law. E P Wigner came across this probability distribution while studying random matrices.

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B V Rajarama Bhat is a professor of mathematics at the Bangalore Centre of the Indian Statistical Institute. He specializes in quantum probability and operator algebras. He loves nature and wants to plant as many trees as possible.

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Rajarama Bhat, B.V. Wigner’s semicircle law and free independence. Reson 14, 970–977 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-009-0093-6

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