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We study the asymmetry of the Lipschitz metric d on Outer space. We introduce an (asymmetric) Finsler norm that induces d. There is an Out(F_n)-invariant potential Ψon Outer space such that when the Lipschitz norm is corrected by the derivative of Ψ, the resulting norm is quasisymmetric. As an application, we give new …

New findings on neural networks with non-negative weights and low training error.

In this effort, we derive a formula for the integral representation of a shallow neural network with the ReLU activation function. We assume that the outer weighs admit a finite $L_1$-norm with respect to Lebesgue measure on the sphere. For univariate target functions we further provide a closed-form formula for all po…

Given a real matrix A with n columns, the problem is to approximate the Gram product AA^T by c << n weighted outer products of columns of A. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the exact computation of AA^T (in exact arithmetic) from c >= rank(A) columns depend on the right singular vector matrix of A. For a Monte-…

RVFL networks can efficiently approximate Lipschitz functions in L∞ norm.

We study a cutting-plane method for semidefinite optimization problems (SDOs), and supply a proof of the method's convergence, under a boundedness assumption. By relating the method's rate of convergence to an initial outer approximation's diameter, we argue that the method performs well when initialized with a second-…

Outer automorphism groups of Coxeter groups are trivial except for small ranks.

In recent work, we have proven uniform decay bounds for solutions of the wave equation $\Box_gφ=0$ on a Schwarzschild exterior, in particular, the uniform pointwise estimate $|φ|\le Cv_+^{-1}$, which holds throughout the domain of outer communications, where $v$ is an advanced Eddington-Finkelstein coordinate, $v_+=\ma…

Study on symmetric automorphisms of RAAGs, proving finiteness properties and contractibility.

New insights into optimizing Local SGD's outer optimizer for faster convergence.

Criterion for subgroup separability in outer automorphism groups.

Estimates dimensions of maximal simplices for rational and irrational trees in Outer space.

We give estimates on the length of paths defined in the sphere model of outer space using a surgery process, and show that they make definite progress in some sense when they remain in some thick part of outer space. To do so, we relate the Lipschitz metric on outer space to a notion of intersection numbers.

Study improves curvature estimate for stable marginally outer trapped hypersurfaces with a free boundary.

The paper shows symmetries of a geometric space for Coxeter groups.

The paper extends Lipschitz metric isometries between Outer Spaces of virtually free groups.

We show that any vacuum initial data set containing a marginally outer trapped surface S and satisfying a "no KIDs" condition can be perturbed near S so that S becomes strictly outer trapped in the new vacuum initial data set. This, together with the results in [9], gives a precise sense in which generic initial data c…

Outer automorphisms of free products are represented by CTs.

Unfolding paths in Outer space accumulate on a simplex, not converge.

Subsurface projection has become indispensable in studying the geometry of the mapping class group and the curve complex of a surface. When the subsurface is an annulus, this projection is sometimes called relative twisting. We give two alternate versions of relative twisting for the outer automorphism group of a free …

Outer automorphism group of hyperbolic groups is HHG under certain conditions.

Making use of Murakami's classification of outer involutions in a Lie algebra and following the Morse-theoretic approach to harmonic two-spheres in Lie groups introduced by Burstall and Guest, we obtain a new classification of harmonic two-spheres in outer symmetric spaces and a Weierstrass-type representation for such…

We show that every virtually torsion-free subgroup of the outer automorphism group of a conjugacy separable relatively hyperbolic group is residually finite. As a direct consequence, we obtain that the outer automorphism group of a limit group is residually finite.

Study shows RAAG automorphisms and outer automorphisms are not relatively hyperbolic.

Outer billiards studied in complex hyperbolic plane, proving smooth and symplectic properties.

Random walks on free groups reveal asymmetric expansion factors.

Calibration in 16D disproves Federer's product question.

Geometric model for a specific group in Artin groups.

Study shows Morse elements are common in acylindrically hyperbolic groups.

We introduce a canonical outer vector field on a Poisson manifold, also due independently to A. Weinstein. We view it as a global section of the sheaf of Poisson vector fields modulo the subsheaf of hamiltonian vector fields. We study this outer derivation mostly in the case of holomorphic Poisson manifolds.

We prove that a "random" free group outer automorphism is an ageometric fully irreducible outer automorphism whose ideal Whitehead graph is a union of triangles. In particular, we show that its attracting (and repelling) tree is a nongeometric $\mathbb R$-tree all of whose branch points are trivalent

ESNs trained with Tikhonov least squares approximate ergodic dynamical systems in L2(μ) norm.

In this paper we prove that a fully irreducible outer automorphism relative to a non-exceptional free factor system acts loxodromically on the relative free factor complex as defined by Handel and Mosher. We also prove a north-south dynamic result for the action of such outer automorphisms on the closure of relative ou…

Study reveals uniform difference in stretch factors between genus two handlebody group and outer automorphism group.

We define lines of minima in the thick part of Outer space for the free group Fn with n>2 generators. We show that these lines of minima are contracting for the Lipschitz metric. Every fully irreducible outer automorphism of Fn defines such a line a minima. Now let G be a subgroup of the outer automorphism group of Fn …

Following a recent paper by Baryshnikov and Zharnitskii, we consider outer billiards in the plane possessing invariant curves consisting of periodic orbits. We prove the existence and abundance of such tables using tools from sub-Riemannian geometry. We also prove that the set of 3-periodic outer billiard orbits has ze…

We show that the horoboundary of outer space for the Lipschitz metric is a quotient of Culler and Morgan's classical boundary, two trees being identified whenever their translation length functions are homothetic in restriction to the set of primitive elements of $F_N$. We identify the set of Busemann points with the s…

Outer space for RAAGs is a contractible finite-dimensional space for automorphisms.

Outer billiards maps on foliated surfaces with specific vector fields.

We prove analogues of Royden's Theorem for the Lipschitz metrics of Outer Space, namely that Isom(CV_n) is Out(F_n).

We show that every virtually torsion-free subgroup of the outer automorphism group of a conjugacy separable hyperbolic group is residually finite. As a result, we are able to prove that the group of outer automorphisms of every finitely generated Fuchsian group and of every free-by-finite group is resudually finite. We…

We obtain sharp estimates on the growth rate of stable commutator length on random (geodesic) words, and on random walks, in hyperbolic groups and groups acting nondegenerately on hyperbolic spaces. In either case, we show that with high probability stable commutator length of an element of length $n$ is of order $n/\l…

We show that strongly contracting geodesics in Outer space project to parameterized quasigeodesics in the free factor complex. This result provides a converse to a theorem of Bestvina--Feighn, and is used to give conditions for when a subgroup of $\mathrm{Out}(\mathbb{F})$ has a quasi-isometric orbit map into the free …

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 $Out(F_n)$ as subgroups such that an orbit map in the free factor graph is a quasi-isometric embedding, and we characterize such groups via …

We correct the proof of Theorem 5 of the paper Homology stability for outer automorphism groups of free groups, by the first two authors.

The paper shows that for Coxeter groups, the commensurator of outer automorphisms is rigid.

The paper introduces two new metrics on outer space and shows fixed points for their actions.

Graphs with stronger curvature grow faster.