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Classical infinite divisibility, self-decomposability and bell-shape of free stable laws

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Abstract

We determine the classical infinite divisibility, self-decomposability and extended Thorin regions of the strictly free stable family. Above index one, infinite divisibility and self-decomposability hold on two extremal skewness intervals, with distinct maximal indices αID=1.5240739610…\alpha_{\mathrm{ID}}=1.5240739610\ldots and αSD=1.4283571142…\alpha_{\mathrm{SD}}=1.4283571142\ldots. Below one, every law is self-decomposable, whereas the Thorin region is a central interval; the optimal uniform bound is 4/54/5. We characterize the boundaries by global contact conditions and derive their different asymptotic scales at index one. A common phase representation also gives an exact bell-shape test, strictly bell-shaped examples outside the Thorin class, and an unbounded number of skewness components near one. The exceptional free one-stable family admits an explicit integer criterion. The proofs combine analytic estimates with finite interval certificates. The bell-shape results do not constitute a full parameter classification.

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