Automorphisms of generalized Thompson groups (Q1265565)

Richard J. Thompson introduced a triple of infinite groups \(F\subset T\subset G\) in the 1960s and showed that they have several interesting properties. These groups were later generalized to infinite groups \(F_{n,\infty}\subset F_n\subset T_{n,r}\subset G_{n,r}\) for \(n\geq 2\) and \(r\geq 1\) for which \(F=F_{2,\infty}=F_2\), \(T=T_{2,1}\) and \(G=G_{2,1}.\) The automorphism groups \(\Aut(F)\) and \(\Aut(T)\) were analyzed by the first author [\textit{M. G. Brin}, Publ. Math., Inst. Haut. Étud. Sci. 84, 5-33 (1996; Zbl 0891.57037)]. In this paper, the authors study \(\Aut(F_{n,\infty})\), \(\Aut(F_n)\), and \(\Aut(T_{n,n-1})\) for \(n>2\). These results differ sharply from the ones in [loc. cit.]. The automorphism groups of the generalizations are ``large'' and have ``exotic'' elements.