Index realization for automorphisms of free groups

Abstract: For any surface

S i g m a

of genus

g g e q 1

and (essentially) any collection of positive integers

i_{1}, i_{2}, l d o t s, i_{e} l l

with

i_{1} + c d o t s + i_{e} l l = 4 g - 4

Masur and Smillie have shown that there exists a pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism

h : S i g m a o S i g m a

with precisely

e l l

singularities

S_{1}, l d o t s, S_{e} l l

in its stable foliation

c a l L

, such that

c a l L

has precisely

i_{k} + 2

separatrices raying out from each

S_{k}

. In this paper we prove the analogue of this result for automorphisms of a free group

F_{N}

, where "pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism" is replaced by "fully irreducible automorphism" and the Gauss-Bonnet equality

i_{1} + c d o t s + i_{e} l l = 4 g - 4

is replaced by the index inequality

i_{1} + c d o t s + i_{e} l l l e q 2 N - 2

from Gaboriau, Jaeger, Levitt and Lustig.

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