The metric completion of outer space

DOI10.1007/S10711-019-00451-3zbMATH Open1434.51008arXiv1202.6392OpenAlexW2964225608MaRDI QIDQ2290852FDOQ2290852

Authors: Yael Algom-Kfir 

Publication date: 29 January 2020

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We develop the theory of a metric completion of an asymmetric metric space. We characterize the points on the boundary of Outer Space that are in the metric completion of Outer Space with the Lipschitz metric. We prove that the simplicial completion, the subset of the completion consisting of simplicial tree actions, is homeomorphic to the free splitting complex. We use this to give a new proof of a theorem by Francaviglia and Martino that the isometry group of Outer Space is homeomorphic to $extOut(F_n)$ for $ngeq3$ and equal to $extPSL(2,mathbbZ)$ for $n=2$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1202.6392

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zbMATH Keywords

metric completionouter spaceasymmetric metric spacefree splitting complex

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Automorphisms of infinite groups (20E36) Metric geometry (51F99)

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