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Topological dimension of the boundaries of some hyperbolic Out(Fn)-graphs

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August 22, 2016
Keywords:
  • geometric group theory
  • hyperbolic groups
  • outer automorphism groups
  • dimension theory
  • mapping class groups
  • Gromov boundary
MSC:
  • 20F65
  • 20F67
  • 20F05
  • 20F24
  • 20Fxx
  • 20-xx
  • 20D45
Abstract
A theorem of Bestvina-Bromberg-Fujiwara asserts that the mapping class group of a hyperbolic surface of finite type has finite asymptotic dimension; its proof relies on an earlier result of Bell-Fujiwara stating that the curve complex has finite asymptotic dimension. The analogous statements are still open for Out(Fn). In joint work with Mladen Bestvina and Ric Wade, we give a first hint towards this, by obtaining a bound (linear in the rank n) on the topological dimension of the Gromov boundary of the graph of free factors of Fn (as well as some other hyperbolic Out(Fn)-graphs).
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