The Tits alternative for Out$(F_n)$ II: A Kolchin type theorem

Pages 1-59 from Volume 161 (2005), Issue 1 by Mladen Bestvina, Mark Feighn, Michael Handel

Abstract

This is the second of two papers in which we prove the Tits alternative for $\mathrm{Out}(F_n)$.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4007/annals.2005.161.1
MR
2150382
zbMATH
1139.20026
Milestones
Received: 4 October 1996
Revised: 26 July 2002
Accepted: 10 May 2001
Published online: January 2005

Authors

Mladen Bestvina

Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, United States

Mark Feighn

Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, Newark, Newark, NJ 07102, United States

Michael Handel

Department of Mathematics, Lehman College, The City University of New York, Bronx, NY 10468, United States