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

DOI10.2140/gt.2009.13.1657zbMath1201.20031arXivmath/0612705MaRDI QIDQ1006163

Michael Handel, Mark E. Feighn

Publication date: 19 March 2009

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0612705

zbMATH Keywords

subgroups of finite index; outer automorphism groups; free groups; Abelian subgroups; outer automorphisms; relative train track maps

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20E07: Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth

20F05: Generators, relations, and presentations of groups

20F28: Automorphism groups of groups

20E05: Free nonabelian groups

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