Corrigendum: ``Spectral rigidity of automorphic orbits in free groups.

DOI10.2140/AGT.2014.14.3081zbMATH Open1307.20037arXiv1106.0688OpenAlexW3105504954MaRDI QIDQ470709FDOQ470709

Authors: Mathieu Carette, Stefano Francaviglia, Ilya Kapovich, Armando Martino 

Publication date: 13 November 2014

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

Abstract: It is well-known that a point $Tinc{v}_N$ in the (unprojectivized) Culler-Vogtmann Outer space $c{v}_N$ is uniquely determined by its emph{translation length function} $||.|{|}_T:F_{N}omathbbR$. A subset $S$ of a free group $F_N$ is called emph{spectrally rigid} if, whenever $T,T^{\prime }inc{v}_N$ are such that $||g|{|}_T=||g|{|}_{T^{\prime }}$ for every $ginS$ then $T=T^{\prime }$ in $c{v}_N$. By contrast to the similar questions for the Teichm"uller space, it is known that for $Nge2$ there does not exist a finite spectrally rigid subset of $F_N$. In this paper we prove that for $Nge3$ if $HleAut(F_N)$ is a subgroup that projects to an infinite normal subgroup in $Out(F_N)$ then the $H$-orbit of an arbitrary nontrivial element $gin{F}_N$ is spectrally rigid. We also establish a similar statement for $F_2=F(a,b)$, provided that $gin{F}_2$ is not conjugate to a power of $[a,b]$. We also include an appended corrigendum which gives a corrected proof of Lemma 5.1 about the existence of a fully irreducible element in an infinite normal subgroup of of $Out(F_N)$. Our original proof of Lemma 5.1 relied on a subgroup classification result of Handel-Mosher, originally stated by Handel-Mosher for arbitrary subgroups $HleOut(F_N)$. After our paper was published, it turned out that the proof of the Handel-Mosher subgroup classification theorem needs the assumption that $H$ be finitely generated. The corrigendum provides an alternative proof of Lemma~5.1 which uses the corrected, finitely generated, version of the Handel-Mosher theorem and relies on the 0-acylindricity of the action of $Out(F_N)$ on the free factor complex (due to Bestvina-Mann-Reynolds). A proof of 0-acylindricity is included in the corrigendum.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.0688

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zbMATH Keywords

free groupsgeodesic currentsouter spacemarked length spectrumspectral rigidityspectrally rigid subsetstranslation length functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Groups acting on trees (20E08) Automorphisms of infinite groups (20E36) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Geometric group theory (20F65) Rigidity results (53C24) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

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