## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Commutators of free random variables

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 92, Number 3 (1998), 553-592.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 19 February 2004

Permanent link to this document
http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077231677

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-98-09216-X

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1620518

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0968.46053

Subjects
Primary: 46L50

#### Citation

Nica, Alexandru; Speicher, Roland. Commutators of free random variables. Duke Math. J. 92 (1998), no. 3, 553--592. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-98-09216-X. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077231677.

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