The topology and geometry of automorphism groups of free groups

DOI10.4171/176-1/7zbMath1439.20049arXiv1610.08545OpenAlexW2545313234MaRDI QIDQ1620845

Karen Vogtmann

Publication date: 14 November 2018

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.08545

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Automorphisms of infinite groups (20E36) Automorphism groups of groups (20F28) Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Topological properties of groups of homeomorphisms or diffeomorphisms (57S05)

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Boundary amenability of $Out(F_N)$, Obstructions to matricial stability of discrete groups and almost flat $K$-theory, Cube complexes and abelian subgroups of automorphism groups of RAAGs

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