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The study examines how automorphism growth rates of a group can be deduced from its simpler decompositions.

Study growth rates of automorphisms of special groups.

Given an automorphism of a free group $F_n$, we consider the following invariants: $e$ is the number of exponential strata (an upper bound for the number of different exponential growth rates of conjugacy classes); $d$ is the maximal degree of polynomial growth of conjugacy classes; $R$ is the rank of the fixed subgrou…

Extends growth properties of hyperbolic groups to their extensions.

Homology growth of specific mapping tori vanishes for certain groups.

For a fully irreducible automorphism φof the free group F_k we compute the asymptotics of the intersection number n \mapsto i(T,T'φ^n) for trees T,T' in Outer space. We also obtain qualitative information about the geometry of the Guirardel core for the trees T and T'φ^n for n large.

Among (isotopy classes of) automorphisms of handlebodies those called irreducible (or generic) are the most interesting, analogues of pseudo-Anosov automorphisms of surfaces. We consider the problem of isotoping an irreducible automorphism so that it is most efficient (has minimal growth rate) in its isotopy class. We …

We will survey the work on the topology of $Out(F_n)$ in the last 20 years or so. Much of the development is driven by the tantalizing analogy with mapping class groups. Unfortunately, $Out(F_n)$ is more complicated and less well-behaved. Culler and Vogtmann constructed Outer Space $X_n$, the analog of Teichmüller spac…

Polynomial growth elements found in all subgroups of Out(F_n).

Let p and l be two distinct prime numbers and let G be a group. We study the asymptotic behaviour of the mod-l Betti numbers in p-adic analytic towers of finite index subgroups. If X is a finite l-group of automorphisms of G, our main theorem allows to lift lower bounds for the mod-l cohomology growth in the fixed poin…

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…

New space of currents defined for nonabelian free groups and malnormal subgroups.

Survey on handlebody groups and their properties.

The (torsion) complexity of a finite edge-weighted graph is defined to be the order of the torsion subgroup of the abelian group presented by its Laplacian matrix. When G is d-periodic (i.e., G has a free action of the rank-d free abelian group by graph automorphisms, with finite quotient) the Mahler measure of its Lap…

Let $φ:G \to G$ be a group endomorphism where $G$ is a finitely generated group of exponential growth, and denote by $R(φ)$ the number of twisted $φ$-conjugacy classes. Fel'shtyn and Hill \cite{fel-hill} conjectured that if $φ$ is injective, then $R(φ)$ is infinite. This conjecture is true for automorphisms of non-elem…

We prove that the mapping torus group $\FN \rtimes_α \Z$ of any automorphism $α$ of a free group $\FN$ of finite rank $n \geq 2$ is weakly hyperbolic relative to the canonical (up to conjugation) family $\mathcal H(α)$ of subgroups of $\FN$ which consists of (and contains representatives of all) conjugacy classes that …

We establish spectral theorems for random walks on mapping class groups of connected, closed, oriented, hyperbolic surfaces, and on $\text{Out}(F_N)$. In both cases, we relate the asymptotics of the stretching factor of the diffeomorphism/automorphism obtained at time $n$ of the random walk to the Lyapunov exponent of …

The paper defines conditions for a free-by-free group to be hyperbolic.

The paper studies the action of automorphisms on train tracks and finds that the set of minimally displaced points is co-compact.

Study on homology growth and $\ell^2$-Betti numbers of Out(W_n).

New bounds on homological eigenvalues relate to Weil-Petersson length.

New polynomial helps compute flow growth rates in 3D manifolds.

We state Asymptotic Expansion and Growth Rate conjectures for the Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants of arbitrary framed links in 3-manifolds, and we prove these conjectures for the natural links in mapping tori of finite-order automorphisms of marked surfaces. Our approach is based upon geometric quantisation of the…

Complexity of signed graphs linked to Alexander polynomials and Lehmer's question.

The space C of conservative vertex colorings (over a field F) of a countable, locally finite graph G is introduced. The subspace of based colorings is shown to be isomorphic to the bicycle space of the graph. For graphs G with a free Z^d-action by automorphisms, C is a finitely generated module over the polynomial ring…

New eigenvalue bounds for 3-Sasaki metrics improve previous estimates.

We calculate the Lefschetz number of a Galois automorphism in the cohomology of certain arithmetic congruence groups arising from orders in quaternion algebras over number fields. As an application we give a lower bound for the first Betti number of a class of arithmetically defined hyperbolic 3-manifolds and we deduce…

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 …

We prove that Whitehead's algorithm for solving the automorphism problem in a fixed free group $F_k$ has strongly linear time generic-case complexity. This is done by showing that the ``hard'' part of the algorithm terminates in linear time on an exponentially generic set of input pairs. We then apply these results to …

When two free factors A and B of a free group F_n are in "general position" we define the projection of B to the splitting complex (alternatively, the complex of free factors) of A. We show that the projections satisfy properties analogous to subsurface projections introduced by Masur and Minsky. We use the subfactor p…

Automorphisms of handlebodies arise naturally in the a classification of automorphisms of three-manifolds. Among automorphisms of handlebodies, there are certain automorphisms called irreducible (or generic), which are analogues of pseudo-Anosov automorphisms of surfaces. We show that irreducible automorphisms of handl…

A nonpolycyclic nilpotent-by-cyclic group Gamma can be expressed as the HNN extension of a finitely-generated nilpotent group N. The first main result is that quasi-isometric nilpotent-by-cyclic groups are HNN extensions of quasi-isometric nilpotent groups. The nonsurjective injection defining such an extension induces…

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

Study knot invariants using automorphism groups of free nilpotent groups.

Constructs Cartan geometries from automorphism behaviors.

In this paper, we investigate the structure of the automorphism groups of pure braid groups. We prove that, for $n>3$, $\Aut(P_n)$ is generated by the subgroup $\Aut_c(P_n)$ of central automorphisms of $P_n$, the subgroup $\Aut(B_n)$ of restrictions of automorphisms of $B_n$ on $P_n$ and one extra automorphism $w_n$. W…

Automorphism groups of Hopf manifolds are finite and have a bounded order.

Automorphisms of pants complex are shown to be inner.

Classifies and constructs all extendable automorphisms of closed surfaces over the 3-sphere.

Finite groups can be automorphism groups of translation surfaces with poles.

Automorphisms of Lie algebras and their root systems are fully lifted.

Parabolic automorphisms on hyperkahler manifolds act ergodically on fibers.

Proves strong Tits alternative for 3D automorphisms over zero char fields.

Free groups' automorphisms have bounded orbits.

Study on automorphisms of K3 and Enriques surfaces, proving entropy gaps and achirality.

Research examines octonionic slice regular functions and their automorphisms and invariants.

We consider automorphisms of homogeneous parabolic geometries with a fixed point. Parabolic geometries carry the distinguished distributions and we study those automorphisms which enjoy natural actions on the distributions at the fixed points. We describe the sets of such automorphisms on homogeneous parabolic geometri…

Study finds conditions for finite-dimensional Lie group structure in basic automorphism groups of certain Cartan foliations.