It is known that given a pair of real sequences
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μ on
the unit circle. Precisely,
the measure is such that
the corresponding Verblunsky coefficients
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the relation
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where
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the minimal parameter sequence of
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the space, denoted by
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the associated real sequences
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p , for
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the space of all nontrivial probability measures on
the unit circle, we show that
there exists a homeomorphism
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the metric subspaces
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the space of nontrivial probability measures with associated
p -periodic Verblunsky coefficients. Moreover, it is shown that
the set
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the study of probability measures in
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the study of probability measures in
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thermore, it is shown that
the pure points of measures in
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p . We also look at
the essential support of probability measures in
the limit periodic case, i.e., when
the sequences
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p. Finally, we give some examples to illustrate
the results obtained.