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Abstract

We formulate the notion of Q-independence which generalizes the classical independence of random variables and free independence introduced by Voiculescu. Here Q stands for a family of polynomials indexed by tiny partitions of finite sets. The analogs of the central limit theorem and Poisson limit theorem are proved. Moreover, it is shown that in some special cases this kind of independence leads to the q-probability theory of Bożejko and Speicher.