Abstract. The symmetric states on a quasi local C * -algebra on the infinite set of indices J are those invariant under the action of the group of the permutations moving only a finite, but arbitrary, number of elements of J. The celebrated De Finetti Theorem describes the structure of the symmetric states (i.e. exchangeable probability measures) in classical probability. In the present paper we extend De Finetti Theorem to the case of the CAR algebra, that is for physical systems describing Fermions. Namely, after showing that a symmetric state is automatically even under the natural action of the parity automorphism, we prove that the compact convex set of such states is a Choquet simplex, whose extremal (i.e. ergodic w.r.t. the action of the group of permutations previously described) are precisely the product states in the sense of Araki-Moriya. In order to do that, we also prove some ergodic properties naturally enjoyed by the symmetric states which have a self-containing interest. Mathematics Subject Classification: 46L53, 46L05, 60G09, 46L30, 46N50.

We analyze general aspects of exchangeable quantum stochastic processes, as well as some concrete cases relevant for several applications to Quantum Physics and Probability. We establish that there is a one-to-one correspondence between quantum stochastic processes, either preserving or not the identity, and states on free product C∗ -algebras, unital or not unital, respectively, where the exchangeable ones correspond precisely to the symmetric states. We also connect some algebraic properties of exchangeable processes, that is the fact that they satisfy the product state or the block-singleton conditions, to some natural ergodic ones. We then specialize the investigation for the q -deformed Commutation Relations, q∈(−1,1) (the case q=0 corresponding to the reduced group C∗ -algebra C∗r(F∞) of the free group F∞ on infinitely many generators), and the Boolean ones. A generalization of de Finetti theorem to the Fermi CAR algebra (corresponding to the q -deformed Commutation Relations with q=−1 ) is proven, by showing that any state is symmetric if and only if it is conditionally independent and identically distributed with respect to the tail algebra. Moreover, we show that the Boolean stochastic processes provide examples for which the condition to be independent and identically distributed w.r.t. the tail algebra, without mentioning the a-priori existence of a preserving conditional expectation, is in general meaningless in the quantum setting. Finally, we study the ergodic properties of a class of remarkable states on the group C∗ -algebra C∗(F∞) , that is the so-called Haagerup states

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Abstract. We deal with the general structure of (noncommutative) stochastic processes by using the standard techniques of Operator Algebras. Any stochastic process is associated to a state on a universal object, i.e. the free product C * -algebra in a natural way. In this setting one recovers the classical (i.e. commutative) probability scheme and many others, like those associated to the Monotone, Boolean and the q-deformed canonical commutation relations including the Bose/Fermi and Boltzmann cases. Natural symmetries like stationarity and exchangeability, as well as the ergodic properties of the stochastic processes are reviewed in detail for many interesting cases arising from Quantum Physics and Probability.

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