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A group $G$ is said to be indicable if it surjects onto $\mathbb{Z}$. If $n=1$: $\mathrm{Out}(F_1)=\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ and no finite group surjects onto an infinite group. If $n\geq 4$: $\...

Let $F_n$ be the free group on letters $\{x_1,\ldots,x_n\}$ and let $X_n$ be the (reduced) outer space of rank $n$. Points of $X_n$ thus correspond to pairs $(G,\mu)$, where $G$ is a finite connected ...

I am trying to understand Bestvina's "A Bers-like proof of the existence of train tracks for free group automorphisms". I'm going to ask a probably trivial question ... Here we go: The automorphism $\...

Considering the simplicial structure of Culler and Vogtmanns Outer Space $CV_n$. The question is now: Let $\Delta \subset CV_n$ be a closed simplex of dimension $3n-4$ or $3n-5$, how does $CV_n \...

The paper The Tits alternative for $\operatorname{Out}(F_n)$ I by Bestvina, Feighn and Handel and the paper Automorphisms of free groups and Outer space by Vogtmann both state that $\operatorname{Aut}(...

I have seen in the literature that Irreducible outer automorphisms of a free group $F_n$ are "generic". I would like to ask that if for example : it is true that for any generating set $X$ of $Out(...