The free splitting complex of a free group. I: Hyperbolicity.

DOI10.2140/GT.2013.17.1581zbMATH Open1278.20053arXiv1111.1994OpenAlexW2026371895MaRDI QIDQ351708FDOQ351708

Authors: Michael Handel, Lee Mosher 

Publication date: 9 July 2013

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

Abstract: We prove that the free splitting complex of a finite rank free group, also known as Hatcher's sphere complex, is hyperbolic.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.1994

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zbMATH Keywords

curve complexes of surfacesfree splitting complexesouter automorphisms of free groupssimplicial actions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups acting on trees (20E08) Geometric group theory (20F65) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

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