Solvable subgroups of Out(Fn) are virtually Abelian

Geometriae Dedicata

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-96

  Bestvina, Mladen ^a   Feighn, Mark ^b   Handel, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Free group; Outer automorphism; Relative train track; Solvable

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043151437     PISSN: 00465755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GEOM.0000022864.30278.34     Document Type: Article

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