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In a previous paper (Benaych-Georges in Related Convolution 2006), we defined the rectangular free convolution ⊞λ. Here, we investigate the related notion of infinite divisibility, which happens to be closely related the classical infinite divisibility: there exists a bijection between the set of classical symmetric infinitely divisible distributions and the set of ⊞λ -infinitely divisible distributions, which preserves limit theorems. We give an interpretation of this correspondence in terms of random matrices: we construct distributions on sets of complex rectangular matrices which give rise to random matrices with singular laws going from the symmetric classical infinitely divisible distributions to their ⊞λ-infinitely divisible correspondents when the dimensions go from one to infinity in a ratio λ.
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Benaych-Georges, F. Infinitely divisible distributions for rectangular free convolution: classification and matricial interpretation. Probab. Theory Relat. Fields 139, 143–189 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00440-006-0042-1
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Keywords
- Random matrices
- Free probability
- Free convolution
- Marchenko–Pastur distribution
- Infinitely divisible distributions