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Notions of topological free entropy and of free capacity are introduced in the C*-algebra context. Basic properties, basic problems and connections to potential theory and random matrix theory are discussed.
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Voiculescu, D. The Topological Version of Free Entropy. Letters in Mathematical Physics 62, 71–82 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021650130162
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