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An ergodic action of the outer automorphism group of a free group

Differential Geometry 2011-07-12 v3 Group Theory

Abstract

For n>2, the action of the outer automorphism group of the rank n free group F_n on the SU(2)-character variety Hom(F_n,SU(2))/SU(2)$ is ergodic with respect to the Lebesgue measure class.

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@article{arxiv.math/0506401,
  title  = {An ergodic action of the outer automorphism group of a free group},
  author = {William M. Goldman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0506401},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

12 pages, 4 figures The proof of Lemma 3.1 was rewritten, following advice of David Fisher