A Bers-like proof of the existence of train tracks for free group automorphisms
Using Lipschitz distance on Outer space we give another proof of the train track theorem.
Using Lipschitz distance on Outer space we give another proof of the train track theorem.
A characterization of central automorphisms of groups is given. As an application, we obtain a new proof of the centrality of power automorphisms.
Let V be a pseudovariety of finite groups such that free groups are residually V, and let φ: F(A) → F(B) be an injective morphism between finitely generated free groups. We characterize the situations where the continuous extension φ' of φ between the pro-V completions of F(A) and F(B) is also injective. In particular, if V is extension-closed, this is the case if and only if φ(F(A)) and its pro-V closure in F(B) have the same rank. We examine a number of situations where the injectivity of φ' can...
Let ϕ be an automorphism of prime order p of the group G with C G(ϕ) finite of order n. We prove the following. If G is soluble of finite rank, then G has a nilpotent characteristic subgroup of finite index and class bounded in terms of p only. If G is a group with finite Hirsch number h, then G has a soluble characteristic subgroup of finite index in G with derived length bounded in terms of p and n only and a soluble characteristic subgroup of finite index in G whose index and derived length are...
We prove that every linear-activity automaton group is amenable. The proof is based on showing that a random walk on a specially constructed degree 1 automaton group – the mother group – has asymptotic entropy 0. Our result answers an open question by Nekrashevych in the Kourovka notebook, and gives a partial answer to a question of Sidki.