The isometry group of outer space

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2012.07.011MaRDI QIDQ456788zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stefano Francaviglia, Armando Martino

Publication date 16 October 2012

Published in Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.0299

zbMATH Keywords

free groupisometriesLipschitz distancesouter spacestretching factors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

Abstract: We prove analogues of Royden's Theorem for the Lipschitz metrics of Outer Space, namely that Isom(CV_n) is Out(F_n).

Review text

Royden's Theorem for Teichmüller space says that in sufficiently high genus, the isometry group of Teichmüller space with the Teichmüller metric is the extended mapping class group. The authors establish an analogue of this theorem for Culler--Vogtmann Outer Space \(CV_n\), showing that for \(n\) sufficiently large, its isometry group with the Lipschitz metric is \(\text{Out}(F_n)\). As is typical in the theory, a result analogous to one in Teichmüller theory is proven by completely different methods. The methods used in the present article concern the local structure and non--homogeneity of \(CV_n\).

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