HOMOMORPHISMS FROM AUTOMORPHISM GROUPS OF FREE GROUPS

DOI10.1112/S0024609303002248MaRDI QIDQ4437745zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Martin R. Bridson, Karen Vogtmann

Publication date 3 December 2003

Published in Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0209191

zbMATH Keywords

free groupsautomorphism groupshomomorphisms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Automorphisms of infinite groups (20E36) Automorphism groups of groups (20F28) Geometric group theory (20F65)

Abstract: The automorphism group of a finitely generated free group is the normal closure of a single element of order 2. If $m$ is less than $n$ then a homomorphism $Aut(F_n)oAut(F_m)$ can have cardinality at most 2. More generally, this is true of homomorphisms from $Aut(F_n)$ to any group that does not contain an isomorphic copy of the symmetric group $S_{n+1}$. Strong constraints are also obtained on maps to groups that do not contain a copy of $W_n=(BbbZ/2{)}^{n}times{S}_n$, or of $Bbb{Z}^{n-1}$. These results place constraints on how $Aut(F_n)$ can act. For example, if $nge3$ then any action of $Aut(F_n)$ on the circle (by homeomorphisms) factors through $extmdet:Aut(F_n)oBbb{Z}_2$ .

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