Stability in outer space (Q1747816)

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    Stability in outer space
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6865188

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      Stability in outer space (English)
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      27 April 2018
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      Summary: We characterize strongly Morse quasi-geodesics in Outer space as quasi-geodesics which project to quasi-geodesics in the free factor graph. We define convex cocompact subgroups of \(\mathrm{Out}(F_n)\) as subgroups such that an orbit map in the free factor graph is a quasi-isometric embedding, and we characterize such groups via their action on Outer space in a way which resembles the characterization of convex cocompact subgroups of mapping class groups.
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      outer space
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      lines of minima
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      strongly Morse coarse geodesics
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      convex cocompact subgroups
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