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We revisit the description provided by Ph. Biane of the spectral measure of the free unitary Brownian motion. We actually construct for any $t \in (0,4)$ a Jordan curve $\gamma_t$ around the origin, not intersecting the semi-axis $[1,\infty[$ and whose image under some meromorphic function $h_t$ lies in the circle. Our construction is naturally suggested by a residue-type integral representation of the moments and $h_t$ is up to a M\"obius transformation the main ingredient used in the original proof. Once we did, the spectral measure is described as the push-forward of a complex measure under a local diffeomorphism yielding its absolute-continuity and its support. Our approach has the merit to be an easy yet technical exercise from real analysis.

In the setting of finite reflection groups, we prove that the projection of a Brownian motion onto a closed Weyl chamber is another Brownian motion normally reflected on the walls of the chamber. Our proof is probabilistic and the decomposition we obtain may be seen as a multidimensional extension of Tanaka's formula for linear Brownian motion. The paper is closed with a description of the boundary process through the local times at zero of the distances from the initial process to the facets.

Motivated by Dunkl operators theory, we consider a generating series involving a modified Bessel function and a Gegenbauer polynomial, that generalizes a known series already considered by L. Gegenbauer. We actually use inversion formulas for Fourier and Radon transforms to derive a closed formula for this series when the parameter of the Gegenbauer polynomial is a strictly positive integer. As a by-product, we get a relatively simple integral representation for the generalized Bessel function associated with even dihedral groups when both multiplicities sum to an integer. In particular, we recover a previous result obtained for the square symmetries-preserving group and we give a special interest to the hexagon. The paper is closed with adapting our method to odd dihedral groups thereby exhausting the list of Weyl dihedral groups., Comment: Another proof of the main result is given, some typos are corrected and concluding remarks are added

We derive the representative Bernstein measure of the density of $(X_{\alpha})^{-\alpha/(1-\alpha)}, 0 < \alpha < 1$, where $X_{\alpha}$ is a positive stable random variable, as a Fox-H function. When $1-\alpha = 1/j$ for some integer $j \geq 2$, the Fox H-function reduces to a Meijer G-function so that the Kanter's random variable (see below) is closely related to a product of $(j-1)$ independent Beta random variables. When $\alpha$ tends to 0, the Bernstein measure becomes degenerate thereby agrees with Cressie's result for the asymptotic behaviour of stable distributions for small values of $\alpha$. Coming to free probability, our result makes more explicit that of Biane on the density of its free analog. The paper is closed with analytic arguments explaining the occurence of the Kanter's random variable in both the classical and the free settings.

We supply two different descriptions of the pushing process driving the reflected Brownian motion in Weyl chambers, when the latter domains are simplexes. The first one shows that a simple root lies in one and only one orbit if and only if the pushing process in the direction of that simple root increases as the sum of all the Brownian local times in the directions of the orbit's positive elements. The last one shows that the pushing process may be written as the sum of an inward normal vector at the chamber's boundary and an inward normal vector at the origin, yielding a kind of a multivoque stochastic differential equation for the reflected process. We finally give a particles system interpretation of the reflected process and construct a multidimensional skew Brownian motion., Comment: submitted to Potential Analysis

We work out the expression of the generalized Bessel function of type B in the two-rank case. This is done using Dijskma and Koornwinder's product formula for Jacobi polynomials and the obtained expression is given by multiple integrals involving only a normalized modified Bessel function and two symmetric Beta distributions. We think of that expression as the major step toward the explicit expression of the Dunkl's intertwining V operator reflections-invariant functions. Finally, we give in the same setting an explicit formula for the action of V on a product of a power of the norm and a spherical harmonic. The obtained formula extends to all dihedral systems and it improves the one derived by Y.Xu., Comment: this paper is accepted for publication in Int. Trans. Spec. Funct

We express generalized Cauchy-Stieltjes transforms of some particular Beta distributions (of ultraspherical type generating functions for orthogonal polynomials) as a powered Cauchy-Stieltjes transform of some measure. For suitable values of the power parameter, the latter measure turns out to be a probability measure and its density is written down using Markov transforms. The discarded values give a negative answer to a deformed free probability unless a restriction on the power parameter is made. A particular symmetric distribution interpolating between Wigner and arcsine distributions is obtained. Its moments are expressed through a terminating hypergeometric series interpolating between Catalan and shifed Catalan numbers. for small values of the power parameter, the free cumulants are computed. Interesting opne problems related to a deformed representation theory of the infinite symmetric group and to a deformed Bozejko's convolution are discussed.

We define and study a multidimensional process that generalizes the eigenvalues of matrix Jacobi processes on the one hand and whose stationary distribution is given by the beta Jacobi ensemble on the other hand., Comment: the paper is accepted for publication in APAM

We give shorter proofs of the following known results: the radial Dunkl process associated with a reduced system and a strictly positive multiplicity function is the unique strong solution for all times of a stochastic differential equation with a singular drift, the first hitting time of the Weyl chamber by a radial Dunkl process is finite almost surely for small values of the multiplicity function. Compared to the original proofs, ours give more information on the behavior of the process. More precisely, the first proof allows to give a positive answer to a conjecture announced by Gallardo and Yor for the finiteness of the total length of the jumps performed by the Dunkl process during a finite amount of time, while the second one shows that the process hits almost surely the wall corresponding to the simple root with a small multiplicity value. Further results on the jumps of the Dunkl process (communicated by D. L\'epingle) and and additional references are included., Comment: Further results on jumps and additional references are included. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:0812.4315

We stduy radial Dunkl processes associated with dihedral systems: we derive the semi group, the generalized Bessel function, the Dunkl-Hermite polynomials. Then we give a skew product decomposition by means of independent Bessel processes and we compute the tail distribution of the first hitting time of the boundary of Weyl chamber., Comment: improvement of the skew product decomposition

We characterize, up to a conjecture, probability distributions of all order finite moments having ultraspherical type generating functions for orthogonal polynomials., Comment: Some proofs are shortened. There is an insight into the stated conjecture

We write down the generalized Bessel function associated with the root system of type $D$ by means of multivariate hypergeometric series. Our hint comes from the particular case of the Brownian motion in the Weyl chamber of type $D$., Comment: This is a contribution to the Special Issue on Dunkl Operators and Related Topics, published in SIGMA (Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications) at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/

We provide two equivalent approaches for computing the tail distribution of the first hitting time of the boundary of the Weyl chamber by a radial Dunkl process. The first approach is based on a spectral problem with initial value. The second one expresses the tail distribution by means of the $W$-invariant Dunkl-Hermite polynomials. Illustrative examples are given by the irreducible root systems of types $A$, $B$, $D$. The paper ends with an interest in the case of Brownian motions for which our formulae take determinantal forms., Comment: This is a contribution to the Special Issue on Dunkl Operators and Related Topics, published in SIGMA (Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications) at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/

We characterize by the use of free probability the family of measures for which the mulitiplicative renormalization method applies with $h(x) = (1-x)^_{-1}$. This provides a representation formula for their Voiculescu Transforms., Comment: accepted for publication in IDA-QP (Vol. 12, No. 1 March (2009)

We generalize a previous result concerning free martingale polynomials for the stationary free Jacobi process of parameters $\lambda \in ]0.1], \theta = 1/2$. Hopelessly, apart from the case $\lambda = 1$, the polynomials we derive are no longer orthogonal with respect to the spectral measure. As a matter of fact, we use the multiplicative renormalization to write down the corresponding orthogonality measure., Comment: page number : 12

In this paper, we study complex Wishart processes or the so-called Laguerre processes $(X_t)_{t\geq0}$. We are interested in the behaviour of the eigenvalue process; we derive some useful stochastic differential equations and compute both the infinitesimal generator and the semi-group. We also give absolute-continuity relations between different indices. Finally, we compute the density function of the so-called generalized Hartman--Watson law as well as the law of $T_0:=\inf\{t,\det(X_t)=0\}$ when the size of the matrix is 2., Comment: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.3150/07-BEJ6048 in the Bernoulli (http://isi.cbs.nl/bernoulli/) by the International Statistical Institute/Bernoulli Society (http://isi.cbs.nl/BS/bshome.htm)

We begin with the study of some properties of the radial Dunkl process associated to a reduced root system $R$. It is shown that this diffusion is the unique strong solution for all $t \geq 0$ of a SDE with singular drift. Then, we study $T_0$, the first hitting time of the positive Weyl chamber : we prove, via stochastic calculus, a result already obtained by Chybiryakov on the finiteness of $T_0$. The second and new part deals with the law of $T_0$ for which we compute the tail distribution, as well as some insight via stochastic calculus on how root systems are connected with eigenvalues of standard matrix-valued processes. This gives rise to the so-called $\beta$-processes. The ultraspherical $\beta$-Jacobi case still involves a reduced root system while the general case is closely connected to a non reduced one. This process lives in a convex bounded domain known as principal Weyl alcove and the strong uniqueness result remains valid. The last part deals with the first hitting time of the alcove's boundary and the semi group density which enables us to answer some open questions., Comment: 33 pages

In this paper, we derive a handable expression for the Jacobi process semi group which is given by a bilinear series involving Jacobi polynomials. Our attempt uses a subordination of the considered process by means of a suitable random change. Once we did, we will be able, in the ultraspheric case, to derive a LDP for a family of estimators based on a single trajectory of the process.

In this paper, we study complex Wishart processes or the so-called Laguerre processes. We give some interest to the behaviour of the eigenvalues process, derive some useful SDE and compute both infinitesimal generator and semi-group. We also give absolute-continuity relations between different indices.Then, we compute the density function of the generalised Hartman-Watson law as well as the law of the first hitting time of 0 when the size m=2.

Using a matrix approach, we define the free Jacobi process as the limit of the complex Jacobi matrix process. The we derive a free SDE which is analogous to its classical counterpart. To proceed, we prove that fro suitable parameters the process remains injective if it is initially injective and then use the polar decomposition. In the stationnary case, this will be easily deduced from the explicit expression of the spectral measure. In the general setting we derive a recurrence formula for the moments. Moreover, a p. d. e. for the Cauchy transform of the law is given., Comment: 23 pages