The recognition theorem for \(\text{Out}(F_n)\).

DOI10.4171/GGD/116zbMath1239.20036arXivmath/0612702OpenAlexW2963840636MaRDI QIDQ646375

Michael Handel, Mark E. Feighn

Publication date: 17 November 2011

Published in: Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0612702

zbMATH Keywords

outer automorphism groupsfree groupsouter automorphismstrain tracksattracting laminations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Automorphisms of infinite groups (20E36) Fixed points and periodic points of dynamical systems; fixed-point index theory; local dynamics (37C25) Free nonabelian groups (20E05)

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