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Distortion for Abelian Subgroups of $\mathrm{Out}(F_n)$

Group Theory 2017-01-12 v2

Abstract

We prove that abelian subgroups of the outer automorphism group of a free group are quasi-isometrically embedded. Our proof uses recent developments in the theory of train track maps by Feighn-Handel. As an application, we prove the rank conjecture for Out(Fn)\mathrm{Out}(F_n).

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@article{arxiv.1612.01134,
  title  = {Distortion for Abelian Subgroups of $\mathrm{Out}(F_n)$},
  author = {Derrick Wigglesworth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.01134},
  year   = {2017}
}

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20 pages, 3 figures