Abstract
We consider the resolvent (λ-a)-1 of any R-diagonal operator a in a II1-factor. Our main theorem (Theorem 1.1) gives a universal asymptotic formula for the norm of such a resolvent. En route to its proof, we calculate the R-transform of the operator |λ-c|2 where c is Voiculescu's circular operator, and we give an asymptotic formula for the negative moments of |λ - a|2 for any R-diagonal a. We use a mixture of complex analytic and combinatorial techniques, each giving finer information where the other can give only coarse detail. In particular, we introduce partition structure diagrams in Section 4, a new combinatorial structure arising in free probability.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Transactions of the American Mathematical Society |
Volume | 362 |
Pages (from-to) | 6029-6064 |
ISSN | 0002-9947 |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2010 |