Relative second bounded cohomology of free groups..

Abstract: This paper is devoted to the computation of the space

H_{b}^{2} (G a m m a, H; m a t h b b R)

, where

G a m m a

is a free group of finite rank

n g e q 2

and

H

is a subgroup of finite rank. More precisely we prove that

H

has infinite index in

G a m m a

if and only if

H_{b}^{2} (G a m m a, H; m a t h b b R)

is not trivial, and furthermore, if and only if there is an isometric embedding

o p l u s_{i} n f t y^{n} m a t h c a l D (m a t h b b Z) h o o k r i g h t a r r o w H_{b}^{2} (G a m m a, H; m a t h b b R)

, where

m a t h c a l D (m a t h b b Z)

is the space of bounded alternating functions on

m a t h b b Z

equipped with the defect norm.

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