Applications of weak attraction theory in Out( F_N)

DOI10.1007/S10711-015-0109-1zbMATH Open1355.20034arXiv1306.6049OpenAlexW1424541015MaRDI QIDQ280113FDOQ280113

Authors: Pritam Ghosh 

Publication date: 29 April 2016

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

Abstract: Given a free group of rank r >= 3 and two exponentially growing outer automorphisms {psi} and {phi} with dual lamination pairs {Lambda^pm}_{psi} and {Lambda^pm}_{phi} associated to them, which satisfy a notion of independence described in this paper, we will use the pingpong techniques developed in recent works of Handel and Mosher to show that there exists an integer M > 0, such that for every m, n >= M, {psi}^m and {phi}^n will freely generate a group of rank two and every element of this free group which is not conjugate to a power of the generators will be fully irreducible and hyperbolic. The main corollary is a complete understanding of composition of powers of fully irreducible elements. As bonus we will reprove a theorem in MCG of surfaces with one boundary component and also have a new proof of a theorem of Kapovich and Lustig. The final section also has a relativised version of the main theorem which was recently used my Handel and Mosher to prove the second bounded cohomology alternative for Out($F_n$) in arXiv:1511.06913

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.6049

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zbMATH Keywords

free groupsouterautomorphismstrain tack

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Automorphism groups of groups (20F28) Geometric group theory (20F65) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

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Cited In (6)

• The expansion factors of an outer automorphism and its inverse
• Twisting out fully irreducible automorphisms.
• Polynomial growth and subgroups of \(\mathrm{Out}(F_N)\)
• Ping-pong and outer space.
• Hyperbolic Actions and 2nd Bounded Cohomology of Subgroups of 𝖮𝗎𝗍(𝖥_{𝗇})
• Limits of conjugacy classes under iterates of hyperbolic elements of \(\operatorname{Out}(\mathbb{F})\)

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