Conjecture on free infinite divisibility of the t-distribution

Let tq\mathbf{t}_q denote the t-distribution with parameter qq. A probability distribution is freely infinitely divisible (FID) if it is infinitely divisible with respect to free convolution, and UI\mathcal{UI} denotes the stronger class mentioned in the source. The t-distribution conjecture. The t-distribution tq\mathbf{t}_q is FID, and more strongly belongs to the class UI\mathcal{UI}, for every q>12q>\frac{1}{2}.

The conjecture is motivated by the geometry of the component of {zC:Gtq(z)C}\{z\in\mathbb{C}:G_{\mathbf{t}_q}(z)\in\mathbb{C}^-\} containing C+\mathbb{C}^+ and by the preceding analytic verification on several parameter ranges. The source does not prove the assertion for all q>12q>\frac{1}{2}.

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Primary source

Takahiro Hasebe, “Free infinite divisibility for beta distributions and related ones”, arXiv:1305.0924 (2014).

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