Subset currents on free groups.

DOI10.1007/S10711-012-9797-YzbMATH Open1288.20053arXiv1105.5742OpenAlexW2020343570MaRDI QIDQ376290FDOQ376290

Authors: Ilya Kapovich, Tatiana Nagnibeda 

Publication date: 4 November 2013

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

Abstract: We introduce and study the space of emph{subset currents} on the free group $F_N$. A subset current on $F_N$ is a positive $F_N$-invariant locally finite Borel measure on the space $mathfrak{C}_N$ of all closed subsets of $partial{F}_N$ consisting of at least two points. While ordinary geodesic currents generalize conjugacy classes of nontrivial group elements, a subset current is a measure-theoretic generalization of the conjugacy class of a nontrivial finitely generated subgroup in $F_N$, and, more generally, in a word-hyperbolic group. The concept of a subset current is related to the notion of an "invariant random subgroup" with respect to some conjugacy-invariant probability measure on the space of closed subgroups of a topological group. If we fix a free basis $A$ of $F_N$, a subset current may also be viewed as an $F_N$-invariant measure on a "branching" analog of the geodesic flow space for $F_N$, whose elements are infinite subtrees (rather than just geodesic lines) of the Cayley graph of $F_N$ with respect to $A$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.5742

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zbMATH Keywords

Cayley graphsfree groupsautomorphisms of free groupsgeodesic currentslocally finite Borel measuresouter spacesubset currentsword-hyperbolic groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Groups acting on trees (20E08) Automorphism groups of groups (20F28) Geometric group theory (20F65) Entropy and other invariants, isomorphism, classification in ergodic theory (37A35) Symbolic dynamics (37B10) Dynamical systems involving maps of trees and graphs (37E25) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

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