scholarly journals Maximum Order of Periodic Outer Automorphisms of a Free Group

2000 ◽  
Vol 224 (2) ◽  
pp. 437-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiqiang Bao
Keyword(s):  
Free Group ◽  
Maximum Order ◽  
Outer Automorphisms

Out(F3) Index Realization

2015 ◽  
Vol 159 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
CATHERINE PFAFF
Keyword(s):  
Free Group ◽  
Quadratic Differentials ◽  
Singularity Index ◽  
Outer Automorphisms ◽  
Teichmüller Flow ◽  
Surface Homeomorphism

AbstractBy proving precisely which singularity index lists arise from the pair of invariant foliations for a pseudo-Anosov surface homeomorphism, Masur and Smillie [MS93] determined a Teichmüller flow invariant stratification of the space of quadratic differentials. In this paper we determine an analog to the theorem forOut(F3). That is, we determine which index lists permitted by the [GJLL98] index sum inequality are achieved by ageometric fully irreducible outer automorphisms of the rank-3 free group.

scholarly journals AN EQUIVARIANT WHITEHEAD ALGORITHM AND CONJUGACY FOR ROOTS OF DEHN TWIST AUTOMORPHISMS

2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sava Krstić ◽  
Martin Lustig ◽  
Karen Vogtmann
Keyword(s):  
Free Group ◽  
Finite Groups ◽  
Linear Growth ◽  
Conjugacy Problem ◽  
Dehn Twist ◽  
Subject Classification ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Finite Sets ◽  
Outer Automorphisms ◽  
Secondary 57M07

AbstractGiven finite sets of cyclic words $\{u_1,\dots,u_k\}$ and $\{v_1,\dots,v_k\}$ in a finitely generated free group $F$ and two finite groups $A$ and $B$ of outer automorphisms of $F$, we produce an algorithm to decide whether there is an automorphism which conjugates $A$ to $B$ and takes $u_i$ to $v_i$ for each $i$. If $A$ and $B$ are trivial, this is the classic algorithm due to Whitehead. We use this algorithm together with Cohen and Lustig’s solution to the conjugacy problem for Dehn twist automorphisms of $F$ to solve the conjugacy problem for outer automorphisms which have a power which is a Dehn twist. This settles the conjugacy problem for all automorphisms of $F$ which have linear growth.AMS 2000 Mathematics subject classification: Primary 20F32. Secondary 57M07

scholarly journals Local structure of some Out(Fn)-complexes

1990 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Vogtmann
Keyword(s):  
Free Group ◽  
Finite Rank ◽  
Local Structure ◽  
Simplicial Complexes ◽  
Homotopy Equivalent ◽  
Outer Automorphisms ◽  
Finite Quotient

In previous work of the author and M. Culler, contractible simplicial complexes were constructed on which the group of outer automorphisms of a free group of finite rank acts with finite stabilizers and finite quotient. In this paper, it is shown that these complexes are Cohen-Macauley, a property they share with buildings. In particular, the link of a vertex in these complexes is homotopy equivalent to a wedge of spheres of codimension 1.

scholarly journals Irreducible outer automorphisms of a free group

1991 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Gersten ◽  
J. R. Stallings
Keyword(s):  
Free Group ◽  
Outer Automorphisms
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