
doi: 10.1007/bf03182868
Let \(S\) be a locally compact topological semigroup and \(\{\mu_n,\;n=1,2,\dots\}\) a sequence of probability measures on \(S\). Consider the convolution \(\mu_{k+1}*\mu_{k+2}*\cdots* \mu_n\) by \(\mu_{k,n}\) and assume further that \(\{\mu_{k,n},\;k=1,2,\dots,k< n\}\) is a tight set of probability measures. The sequence \(\{\mu_n\}\) is said to be composition convergent if \(\forall k:\mu_{k,n}\to \lambda_k\) weakly, as \(n\to\infty\), where \(\lambda_k\) is a probability measure on \(S\). The author investigates the consequences of composition convergence in different semigroups. In particular, he establishes a number of cases where the sequence \(\lambda_k\) converges. The limit is then necessarily the Haar measure on some compact subgroup \(H\) of \(S\). The key tool is the analysis of the relationship between a convolution semigroup \(N\) of probability measures on \(S\) and its support set \(\text{supp }N\). The results are closely related to those of Theorem 1 in [\textit{G. Budzban} and \textit{A. Mukherjea}, J. Theor. Probab. 5, 283-307 (1992; Zbl 0758.60007)]. \{The reviewer does not understand the proof of the assertion that the support sets \(G_1\) (in Corollaries 1 and 2) and \(S_1\) (in Corollary 3) are closed subsets of \(S\)\}.
Haar measure, probability measures, convolution semigroup, composition convergence, locally compact topological semigroup, Measures on groups and semigroups, etc., Probability measures on groups or semigroups, Fourier transforms, factorization, convolution sequences
Haar measure, probability measures, convolution semigroup, composition convergence, locally compact topological semigroup, Measures on groups and semigroups, etc., Probability measures on groups or semigroups, Fourier transforms, factorization, convolution sequences
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