Actions of finitely generated groups on R-trees

dc.creatorGuirardel, Vincent
dc.date2006-07-12
dc.date2007-04-25
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:58:05Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:58:05Z
dc.descriptionWe study actions of finitely generated groups on $\bbR$-trees under some stability hypotheses. We prove that either the group splits over some controlled subgroup (fixing an arc in particular), or the action can be obtained by gluing together actions of simple types: actions on simplicial trees, actions on lines, and actions coming from measured foliations on 2-orbifolds. This extends results by Sela and Rips-Sela. However, their results are misstated, and we give a counterexample to their statements. The proof relies on an extended version of Scott's Lemma of independent interest. This statement claims that if a group $G$ is a direct limit of groups having suitably compatible splittings, then $G$ splits.
dc.descriptionUpdate to final version (only minor changes). To appear in Annales de l'Institut Fourier. 36 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0607295
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0607295
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/127878
dc.subjectGroup Theory
dc.subjectGeometric Topology
dc.subject20E08, 20F65
dc.titleActions of finitely generated groups on R-trees
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