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Relative outer automorphisms of free groups

Geometric Topology 2011-04-21 v2 Group Theory

Abstract

Let A1,...,AkA_1,...,A_k be a system of free factors of FnF_n. The group of relative automorphisms Aut(Fn;A1,...,Ak)Aut(F_n;A_1,...,A_k) is the group given by the automorphisms of FnF_n that restricted to each AiA_i are conjugations by elements in FnF_n. The group of relative outer automorphisms is defined as Out(Fn;A1,...,Ak)=Aut(Fn;A1,...,Ak)/Inn(Fn)Out(F_n;A_1,...,A_k) = Aut(F_n;A_1,...,A_k)/Inn(F_n), where Inn(Fn)Inn(F_n) is the normal subgroup of Aut(Fn)Aut(F_n) given by all the inner automorphisms. We define a contractible space on which Out(Fn;A1,...,Ak)Out(F_n;A_1,...,A_k) acts with finite stabilizers and we compute the virtual cohomological dimension of this group.

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@article{arxiv.1010.4753,
  title  = {Relative outer automorphisms of free groups},
  author = {Erika Meucci},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.4753},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

24 pages, 16 figures, corrected typos, revised argument in section 5, results unchanged

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