Solvable subgroups of \(\text{Out}(F_n)\) are virtually Abelian.

DOI10.1023/B:GEOM.0000022864.30278.34zbMath1052.20027arXivmath/9712219MaRDI QIDQ1826904

Mladen Bestvina, Michael Handel, Mark E. Feighn

Publication date: 6 August 2004

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9712219

zbMATH Keywords

subgroups of finite index; outer automorphism groups; free groups; solvable subgroups; Tits alternative; relative train tracks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20E07: Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth

20F65: Geometric group theory

57M07: Topological methods in group theory

20E36: Automorphisms of infinite groups

20F28: Automorphism groups of groups

20E05: Free nonabelian groups

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