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Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Eliot Bongiovanni , Pritam Ghosh , Funda Gültepe , Mark Hagen

Let $G = H_1 * ... * H_k * F_r$ be a torsion-free group and $\phi$ an automorphism of $G$ that preserves this free factor system. We show that when $\phi$ is fully irreducible and atoroidal relative to this free factor system, the mapping…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-02 François Dahmani , Suraj Krishna M S

In a recent paper [3], the authors introduced a map $\mathcal{F}$ which associates a Deitmar scheme (which is defined over the field with one element, denoted by $\mathbb{F}_1$) with any given graph $\Gamma$. By base extension, a scheme…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2016-05-10 Manuel Merida-Angulo , Koen Thas

We examine the palindromic automorphism group $\Pi A(F_n)$ of a free group $F_n$, a group first defined by Collins which is related to hyperelliptic involutions of mapping class groups, congruence subgroups of $SL_n(\Z)$, and symmetric…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Henry H Glover , Craig A. Jensen

By using a notion of a geometric Dehn twist in $\sharp_k(S^2 \times S^1)$, we prove that when projections of two $\mathbb{Z}$-splittings to the free factor complex are far enough from each other in the free factor complex, Dehn twist…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-03-16 Funda Gültepe

We present a solution to the Conjugacy Problem in the group of outer-automorphisms of $F_3$, a free group of rank 3. We distinguish according to several computable invariants, such as irreducibility, subgroups of polynomial growth, and…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-06-09 François Dahmani , Stefano Francaviglia , Armando Martino , Nicholas Touikan

We give a complete classification to when a finite group of outer automorphisms preserves a bi-order on a non-abelian free group and bi-orderable surface groups. We also give another new criterion for an outer automorphism of $F_n$ induced…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Jonathan Johnson , Khanh Le

Let $\phi$ be an atoroidal outer automorphism of the free group $F_n$. We study the Gromov boundary of the hyperbolic group $G_{\phi} = F_n \rtimes_{\phi} \mathbb{Z}$. We explicitly describe a family of embeddings of the complete bipartite…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-01-16 Yael Algom-Kfir , Arnaud Hilion , Emily Stark

We prove that every simplicial automorphism of the free splitting graph of a free group of at least rank 3 is induced by an outer automorphism of the free group.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2009-09-22 Javier Aramayona , Juan Souto

We construct the first known examples of infinite subgroups of the outer automorphism group of Out(A_Gamma), for certain right-angled Artin groups A_Gamma. This is achieved by introducing a new class of graphs, called focused graphs, whose…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-07-17 Corey Bregman , Neil J. Fullarton

Using the canonical JSJ splitting, we describe the outer automorphism group $\Out(G)$ of a one-ended word hyperbolic group $G$. In particular, we discuss to what extent $\Out(G)$ is virtually a direct product of mapping class groups and a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Gilbert Levitt

We study the outer automorphism group of a right-angled Artin group $A_\Gamma$ with finite defining graph $\Gamma$. We construct a subnormal series for $Out(A_\Gamma)$ such that each consecutive quotient is either finite, free-abelian,…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-04-24 Matthew B. Day , Richard D. Wade

We give a Dehn-Nielsen type theorem for the homology cobordism group of homology cylinders by considering its action on the acyclic closure, which was defined by Levine, of a free group. Then we construct an additive invariant of those…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-03-10 Takuya Sakasai

The group of 2-by-2 matrices with integer entries and determinant $\pm > 1$ can be identified either with the group of outer automorphisms of a rank two free group or with the group of isotopy classes of homeomorphisms of a 2-dimensional…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Martin R Bridson , Karen Vogtmann

The period mapping assigns to each rank n, marked metric graph Gamma a positive definite quadratic form on H_1(Gamma). This defines maps Phi* and Phi on Culler--Vogtmann's outer space CV_n, and its Torelli space quotient T_n, respectively.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-03-07 Corey Bregman , Neil J. Fullarton

For a free group automorphism, we prove that its poset of attracting lamination orbits is a canonical invariant of the associated mapping torus. That is, if a free-by-cyclic group splits as a mapping torus in two different ways, then the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-12 Spencer Dowdall , Yassine Guerch , Radhika Gupta , Jean Pierre Mutanguha , Caglar Uyanik

We study Dehn twists in the outer automorphism group of a finitely generated non-abelian free group. Our main result states that, under certain compatibility conditions, sufficiently large powers of finitely many Dehn twists generate a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Donggyun Seo

The edges surrounding a face of a map $M$ form a cycle $C$, called the boundary cycle of the face, and $C$ is often not a simple cycle. If the map $M$ is arc-transitive, then there is a cyclic subgroup of automorphisms of $M$ which leaves…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-05 Jiyong Chen , Cai Heng Li , Cheryl E. Praeger , Shu-Jiao Song

We study so called weakly-periodic twisted-multiplicative automorphisms of the free skew-field. In particular, we show that any automorphism of a free skew-field that is defined by a periodic automorphism of a free group is equivalent to a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-04-18 Gregor Podlogar

The special linear groups, the mapping class groups of surfaces, the outer autormorphism groups of free groups appear in numerous domains. Their analogies, developped in particular in K. Vogtmann's work, have been written about a lot. In…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2011-10-04 Frédéric Paulin