Outer space (Culler–Vogtmann Outer space)

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Outer space (Culler–Vogtmann Outer space) is a topological space introduced by Culler and Vogtmann that parametrizes marked metric graphs and serves as an analogue of Teichmüller space for the study of the outer automorphism group of a free group.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf moduli space ⓘ
topological space ⓘ
alsoKnownAs CV_n (for rank n free group) ⓘ
Culler–Vogtmann Outer space ⓘ
analogueOf Teichmüller space ⓘ
generalizes classical Teichmüller theory ideas to free groups ⓘ
hasActionBy Out(F_n) ⓘ
hasActionType properly discontinuous action ⓘ
hasAnalogyWith moduli space of Riemann surfaces ⓘ
hasBasePointAnalogue rose graph with n petals and marking by isomorphism F_n → π_1(rose) ⓘ
hasBoundary space of very small actions of F_n on R-trees ⓘ
hasCellDecomposition open simplices corresponding to marked graphs with fixed combinatorial type ⓘ
hasCompactification simplicial bordification by adding actions on R-trees ⓘ
hasDimension 3n - 4 for rank n ≥ 2 ⓘ
hasGeometricRole classifying space for Out(F_n) up to finite quotient issues ⓘ
hasNaturalMetricStructures various asymmetric and Lipschitz-type metrics ⓘ
hasNormalizationCondition sum of edge lengths equals 1 ⓘ
hasPointRepresentedBy finite connected graph with no degree-1 vertices ⓘ
graph with fundamental group isomorphic to a free group F_n ⓘ
graph with total edge length normalized to 1 ⓘ
hasProperty contractible ⓘ
finite-dimensional ⓘ
locally finite-dimensional ⓘ
non-compact ⓘ
hasRank2CaseHomeomorphicTo infinite 3-regular tree of simplices glued along faces ⓘ
hasRankParameter free group rank n ≥ 2 ⓘ
hasRestriction graphs have no separating edges in top-dimensional simplices ⓘ
hasStructure simplicial complex structure up to subdivision ⓘ
hasTopologyInducedBy simplicial topology from edge-length coordinates ⓘ
introducedBy Karen Vogtmann ⓘ
Marc Culler ⓘ
introducedInField geometric group theory ⓘ
low-dimensional topology ⓘ
isContractible true ⓘ
isExampleOf parameter space for group actions on graphs ⓘ
parametrizes finite connected metric graphs with fundamental group a free group ⓘ
free, minimal, isometric actions of a free group on metric graphs ⓘ
marked metric graphs ⓘ
quotientBy Out(F_n) gives moduli space of metric graphs of rank n ⓘ
relatedTo automorphisms of free groups ⓘ
moduli space of graphs ⓘ
usedFor constructing invariants of Out(F_n) ⓘ
studying dynamics of automorphisms of free groups ⓘ
usedToDefine cohomology classes of Out(F_n) ⓘ
train track representatives of automorphisms of free groups ⓘ
usedToStudy Out(F_n) ⓘ
outer automorphism group of a free group ⓘ

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Karen Vogtmann → researchInterest → Outer space (Culler–Vogtmann Outer space) ⓘ
Outer space (Culler–Vogtmann Outer space) → alsoKnownAs → Culler–Vogtmann Outer space ⓘ
linked to: Outer space (Culler–Vogtmann Outer space)
Marc Culler → coDeveloperOf → Culler–Vogtmann outer space ⓘ
linked to: Outer space (Culler–Vogtmann Outer space)