Long turns, INP's and indices for free group automorphisms

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Authors Thierry Coulbois, Martin Lustig

Publication date 27 February 2017

Published in Illinois Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.04532, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ijm/1488186022

zbMATH Keywords

automorphisms of free groupslong turnperiodic INPstrain track map

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Groups acting on trees (20E08) Automorphisms of infinite groups (20E36) Geometric group theory (20F65) Foliations in differential topology; geometric theory (57R30)

Abstract: The goal of this paper is to introduce a new tool, called {em long turns}, which is a useful addition to the train track technology for automorphisms of free groups, in that it allows one to control periodic INPs in a train track map and hence the index of the induced automorphism.

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