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Sufficient condition for a probability distribution on $\mathbb Z_p$ to admit a square-root w.r.t convolution

Let $p \ge 2$ be a positive integer, and let $Q \in \mathcal P(\mathbb Z_p)$ be a probability distribution on $\mathbb Z_p$. Question. What are necessary and sufficient conditions on $Q$ to ensure ...
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Convolution in K-Theory via an Example (From StackExchange)

I've spent lots of time in Chriss and Ginzburg's "Complex Geometry and Representation Theory" and despite convolution (in Borel-Moore homology or K-theory) being very central, I feel like I'm still ...
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Convolution of $\ell$-adic sheaves and group homomorphisms

This question follows this one , where I defined convolution of $\ell$-adic/perverse sheaves. Here I am working with a perfect field $k$ ($char(k)\neq l$) and with a smooth separated groupscheme $G$ ...
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Convolution of $\ell$-adic sheaves is commutative if the group is commutative

[This is a duplicate of this question on Stackexchange] I am trying to figure out how to prove a very basic statement about convolution of $\ell$-adic/perverse sheaves in Katz's "Rigid local systems" ...
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