Rigidity of the Torelli subgroup in $Out(F_N)$

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Autores principales: Hensel, Sebastian, Horbez, Camille, Wade, Richard D.
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author Hensel, Sebastian
Horbez, Camille
Wade, Richard D.
author_facet Hensel, Sebastian
Horbez, Camille
Wade, Richard D.
contents Let $N$ be at least 4. We prove that every injective homomorphism from the Torelli subgroup into $Out(F_N)$ differs from the inclusion by a conjugation in $Out(F_N)$. This applies more generally to the following subgroups: every finite-index subgroup of $Out(F_N)$ (recovering a theorem of Farb and Handel); every subgroup that contains a finite-index subgroup of one of the groups in the Andreadakis--Johnson filtration; every subgroup that contains a power of every linearly-growing automorphism; more generally, every twist-rich subgroup (subgroups that contain sufficiently many twists in an appropriate sense). Among applications, this recovers the fact that the abstract commensurator of every group above is equal to its relative commensurator in $Out(F_N)$; it also implies that all subgroups in the Andreadakis--Johnson filtration are co-Hopfian. We also prove the same rigidity statement for subgroups of $Out(F_3)$ which contain a power of every Nielsen transformation. This shows in particular that $Out(F_3)$ and all its finite-index subgroups are co-Hopfian, extending a theorem of Farb and Handel to the $N=3$ case.
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spellingShingle Rigidity of the Torelli subgroup in $Out(F_N)$
Hensel, Sebastian
Horbez, Camille
Wade, Richard D.
Group Theory
Geometric Topology
20E05, 20E36 (Primary), 20F65, 20E08
Let $N$ be at least 4. We prove that every injective homomorphism from the Torelli subgroup into $Out(F_N)$ differs from the inclusion by a conjugation in $Out(F_N)$. This applies more generally to the following subgroups: every finite-index subgroup of $Out(F_N)$ (recovering a theorem of Farb and Handel); every subgroup that contains a finite-index subgroup of one of the groups in the Andreadakis--Johnson filtration; every subgroup that contains a power of every linearly-growing automorphism; more generally, every twist-rich subgroup (subgroups that contain sufficiently many twists in an appropriate sense). Among applications, this recovers the fact that the abstract commensurator of every group above is equal to its relative commensurator in $Out(F_N)$; it also implies that all subgroups in the Andreadakis--Johnson filtration are co-Hopfian. We also prove the same rigidity statement for subgroups of $Out(F_3)$ which contain a power of every Nielsen transformation. This shows in particular that $Out(F_3)$ and all its finite-index subgroups are co-Hopfian, extending a theorem of Farb and Handel to the $N=3$ case.
title Rigidity of the Torelli subgroup in $Out(F_N)$
topic Group Theory
Geometric Topology
20E05, 20E36 (Primary), 20F65, 20E08
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.10189