THE FREQUENCY SPACE OF A FREE GROUP

Abstract: We analyze the structure of the emph{frequency space}

Q (F)

of a nonabelian free group

F = F (a_{1}, ..., a_{k})

consisting of all shift-invariant Borel probability measures on

p a r t i a l F

and construct a natural action of

O u t (F)

on

Q (F)

. In particular we prove that for any outer automorphism

p h i

of

F

the emph{conjugacy distortion spectrum} of

p h i

, consisting of all numbers

| | p h i (w) | | / | | w | |

, where

w

is a nontrivial conjugacy class, is the intersection of

m a t h b b Q

and a closed subinterval of

m a t h b b R

with rational endpoints. We also provide an algorithm for detecting strict hyperbolicity of an automorphism of

F

.

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