Deformation spaces of trees

dc.creatorGuirardel, Vincent
dc.creatorLevitt, Gilbert
dc.date2006-05-19
dc.date2007-04-25
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:58:05Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:58:05Z
dc.descriptionLet G be a finitely generated group. Two simplicial G-trees are said to be in the same deformation space if they have the same elliptic subgroups (if H fixes a point in one tree, it also does in the other). Examples include Culler-Vogtmann's outer space, and spaces of JSJ decompositions. We discuss what features are common to trees in a given deformation space, how to pass from one tree to all other trees in its deformation space, and the topology of deformation spaces. In particular, we prove that all deformation spaces are contractible complexes.
dc.descriptionUpdate to published version. 43 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0605545
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0605545
dc.identifierGroups, Geometry, and Dynamics. Volume 1, Issue 2, 2007, pp. 135-181
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/127877
dc.subjectGroup Theory
dc.subjectGeometric Topology
dc.subject20E08, 20F65
dc.titleDeformation spaces of trees
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