Resolvents of R-Diagonal Operators

Abstract

We consider the resolvent $(\lambda -a{)}^{-1}$ of any $R$-diagonal operator $a$ in a ${\mathrm{II}}_1$-factor. Our main theorem 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 $|\lambda -c{|}^2$ where $c$ is Voiculescu's circular operator, and give an asymptotic formula for the negative moments of $|\lambda -a{|}^2$ 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 {\em partition structure diagrams}, a new combinatorial structure arising in free probability.

29 pages, 12 figures, used gastex.sty

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• Random matrices, free probability and the invariant subspace problem relative to a von Neumann Algebra