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Outer automorphisms act loxodromically on a complex.

Conditions for hyperbolic and relatively hyperbolic extensions of free groups using automorphisms with fixed points.

The paper explores the geometry and dynamics of free splitting and free factor complexes for groups.

Homotopy equivalent to spheres, free factor complex of a free group.

Defines currents relative to a free factor system and proves dynamics for fully irreducible automorphisms.

The paper defines complexes for RAAGs connecting buildings and free factor complexes, proving their homotopy Cohen-Macaulay properties.

Hyperbolicity proven for a specific type of group extension.

The study classifies subgroups of outer automorphisms of free products.

We generalise the Karrass-Pietrowski-Solitar and the Nielsen realisation theorems from the setting of free groups to that of free products. As a result, we obtain a fixed point theorem for finite groups of outer automorphisms acting on the relative free splitting complex of Handel--Mosher and on the outer space of a fr…

We prove that a group obtained as a quotient of the free product of finitely many cubulable groups by a finite set of relators satisfying the classical $C'(1/6)$--small cancellation condition is cubulable. This yields a new large class of relatively hyperbolic groups that can be cubulated, and constitutes the first ins…

Connectivity proven in large rank Gromov boundary of free factor complex.

Maps between automorphism groups are isomorphisms for free factor complexes.

The free factor complex of rank 4+ fails a combinatorial isoperimetric inequality.

We show how to derive hyperbolicity of the free factor complex of $F_N$ from the Handel-Mosher proof of hyperbolicity of the free splitting complex of $F_N$, thus obtaining an alternative proof of a theorem of Bestvina-Feighn. We also show that under the natural map $τ$ from the free splitting complex to free factor co…

Proves small cancellation free products have geometric actions on CAT(0) cube complexes.

We develop the geometry of folding paths in Outer space and, as an application, prove that the complex of free factors of a free group of finite rank is hyperbolic.

Corrects a 1998 proof about free factors of free groups.

Study shows top homology group isn't dualizing module for automorphism group of free groups.

Deep learning improves Bayes factor computation for likelihood-free models.

This is the second in a series of four papers (with research announcement posted on this arXiv) that together develop a decomposition theory for subgroups of Out(F_n). In this paper we relativize the "Kolchin-type theorem" from the work of Bestvina, Feighn, and Handel on the Tits alternative, which describes a decompos…

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

New complex connects graph separability to group properties.

Let $A_1,...,A_k$ be a system of free factors of $F_n$. The group of relative automorphisms $Aut(F_n;A_1,...,A_k)$ is the group given by the automorphisms of $F_n$ that restricted to each $A_i$ are conjugations by elements in $F_n$. The group of relative outer automorphisms is defined as $Out(F_n;A_1,...,A_k) = Aut(F_n…

We give a description of the boundary of a complex of free factors that is analogous to E. Klarreich's description of the boundary of a curve complex. The argument uses the geometry of folding paths developed by Bestvina and Feighn as well as structural results about very small trees developed by Coulbois, Hilion, Lust…

Projections to a graph have bounded diameter for certain group structures.

Proves a connectivity conjecture for free groups, showing homotopy type of spheres.

Improved model-free RL algorithm with reduced sample complexity.

The study examines aperiodicity properties of automorphism groups of free products of groups.

New RL algorithms show model-based methods are more efficient than model-free ones in complex decision processes.

New ELM algorithms reduce computation time and complexity.

In this paper we develop the metric theory for the outer space of a free product of groups. This generalizes the theory of the outer space of a free group, and includes its relative versions. The outer space of a free product is made of $G$-trees with possibly non-trivial vertex stabilisers. The strategies are the same…

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 automorphisms corresponding to the $\mathbb{Z}$-splittings generate a free group of ra…

Free group automorphisms group rigidity proven.

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 extend some results of [BF12] on subfactor projections to show that the projection of a free factor B to the free factor complex of the free factor A is well-defined with uniformly bound diameter, unless either A is contained in B or A and B are vertex stabilizers of a single splitting of F_n, i.e. they are disjoint…

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…

Let $\mathcal{A} = {A_1, ..., A_k}$ be a system of free factors of $F_n$. The group of relative automorphisms $\mathrm{Aut}(F_n; \mathcal{A})$ is the group given by the automorphisms of $F_n$ that restricted to each $A_i$ are conjugations by elements in $F_n$. The group of relative outer automorphisms is defined as $\m…

Non-uniform lattices in PU(n,1) cannot geometrically act on CAT(0) cube complexes.

We study very small trees from the point of view of reducing systems of free factors, which are analogues of reducing systems of curves for a surface lamination; a non-trivial, proper free factor $F \leq \FN$ reduces $T$ if and only if $F$ acts on some subtree of $T$ with dense orbits. We characterize those trees, call…

The group $\Out$ of outer automorphisms of the free group has been an object of active study for many years, yet its geometry is not well understood. Recently, effort has been focused on finding a hyperbolic complex on which $\Out$ acts, in analogy with the curve complex for the mapping class group. Here, we focus on o…

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

Handel and Mosher have proved that the free splitting complex FS for the free group is Gromov hyperbolic. This is a deep and much sought-after result, since it establishes FS as a good analogue of the curve complex for surfaces. We give a shorter alternative proof of this theorem, using surgery paths in Hatcher's spher…

Given a finitely generated subgroup $Γ\le \mathrm{Out}(\mathbb{F})$ of the outer automorphism group of the rank $r$ free group $\mathbb{F} = F_r$, there is a corresponding free group extension $1 \to \mathbb{F} \to E_Γ \to Γ\to 1$. We give sufficient conditions for when the extension $E_Γ$ is hyperbolic. In particular,…

Defines a new free product for coarse spaces.

Simple model finds high correlation in retail crypto returns.

We compute all 2-covariant tensors naturally constructed from a semiriemannian metric which are divergence-free and have weight greater than -2. As a consequence, it follows a characterization of the Einstein tensor as the only, up to a constant factor, 2-covariant tensor naturally constructed from a semiriemannian met…

The paper proves rigidity for cocycles from higher rank lattices to Out(FN).

This work extends lamination theory to free products, describing Gromov boundaries and subgroup classification.