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Stability in Outer Space

Geometric Topology 2017-03-21 v2 Group Theory

Abstract

We characterize strongly Morse quasi-geodesics in Outer space as quasi-geodesics which project to quasi-geodesics in the free factor graph. We define convex cocompact subgroups of Out(Fn)Out(F_n) as subgroups such that an orbit map in the free factor graph is a quasi-isometric embedding, and we characterize such groups via their action on Outer space in a way which resembles the characterization of convex cocompact subgroups of mapping class groups.

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@article{arxiv.1411.2281,
  title  = {Stability in Outer Space},
  author = {Ursula Hamenstädt and Sebastian Hensel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.2281},
  year   = {2017}
}

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32 pages, no figures

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