Quantum probability and applications IV : proceedings of the Year of quantum probability, held at the University of Rome II, Italy, 1987 / L. Accardi, W. von Waldenfels

Contents: Luigi Accardi, Cecchini's transition expectations and Markov chains (pp. 1–6); L. Accardi and A. Bach, Central limits of squeezing operators (pp. 7–19); L. Accardi, A. Frigerio and Lu Yun Gang, On the weak coupling limit problem (pp. 20–58); L. Accardi, J.-L. Journé and J. M. Lindsay, On multi-dimensional Markovian cocycles (pp. 59–67); L. Accardi and Kalyan Sinha, Quantum stop times (pp. 68–72); L. Accardi and G. S. Watson, Quantum random walks (pp. 73–88); Alberto Frigerio and Carola Aratari, Unitary dilation of a nonlinear quantum Boltzmann equation (pp. 89–98); Sh. A. Ayupov and R. Z. Abdullaev, On isometries of nonassociative Lp-spaces (pp. 99–106); A. Barchielli and G. Lupieri, Convolution semigroups in quantum probability and quantum stochastic calculus (pp. 107–127); Carlo Cecchini, Stochastic couplings for von Neumann algebras (pp. 128–141); Wojciech Cegła, The covering property in a causal logic (pp. 142–148); M. Fannes, Temperature states of spin-boson models (pp. 149–157); Philip Feinsilver, Bernoulli fields (pp. 158–181); P. Glockner and W. von Waldenfels, The relations of the noncommutative coefficient algebra of the unitary group (pp. 182–220); Ewa Hensz, Orthogonal series and strong laws of large numbers in von Neumann algebras (pp. 221–228); A. S. Holevo [A. S. Kholevo], Limit theorems for repeated measurements and continuous measurement processes (pp. 229–255); R. L. Hudson, Quantum diffusions on the algebra of all bounded operators on a Hilbert space (pp. 256–269); R. Jajte, Asymptotic formula for normal operators in noncommutative L2-spaces (pp. 270–278); Adam Paszkiewicz, Convergences in W∗-algebras—their strange behaviour and tools for their investigation (pp. 279–294); Dénes Petz, Positive mappings on matrix algebras (pp. 295–303); M. Reményi and W. von Waldenfels, Fluctuations of the Dicke maser (pp. 304–321); J.-L. Sauvageot, Tangent bimodule and locality for dissipative operators on C∗-algebras (pp. 322–338); Michael Schürmann, Noncommutative stochastic processes with independent and stationary additive increments (pp. 339–351); Wilhelm von Waldenfels, The atom in the radiation field as a quantum stochastic process (pp. 352–355)