Hyperbolic extensions of free groups

DOI10.2140/GT.2018.22.517zbMATH Open1439.20034arXiv1406.2567OpenAlexW2471750801MaRDI QIDQ1676776FDOQ1676776

Authors: Spencer Dowdall, Samuel J. Taylor 

Publication date: 10 November 2017

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

Abstract: Given a finitely generated subgroup $GammalemathrmOut(mathbbF)$ of the outer automorphism group of the rank $r$ free group $mathbbF=F_r$, there is a corresponding free group extension $1omathbbFo{E}_{Gamma}oGammao1$. We give sufficient conditions for when the extension $E_{Gamma}$ is hyperbolic. In particular, we show that if all infinite order elements of $Gamma$ are atoroidal and the action of $Gamma$ on the free factor complex of $mathbbF$ has a quasi-isometric orbit map, then $E_{Gamma}$ is hyperbolic. As an application, we produce examples of hyperbolic $mathbbF$-extensions $E_{Gamma}$ for which $Gamma$ has torsion and is not virtually cyclic. The proof of our main theorem involves a detailed study of quasigeodesics in Outer space that make progress in the free factor complex. This may be of independent interest.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.2567

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zbMATH Keywords

outer spacehyperbolic group extensionsfree factor complex\(\operatorname{Out}(N)\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Free products of groups, free products with amalgamation, Higman-Neumann-Neumann extensions, and generalizations (20E06) Automorphism groups of groups (20F28) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

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