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Hyperbolic Actions and 2nd Bounded Cohomology of Subgroups of $\textrm {Out}(F_n)$

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In this two part work we prove that for every finitely generated subgroup ? < Out(Fn), either ? is virtually abelian or H2 b (?; R) contains a vector space embedding of 1. The method uses actions on hyperbolic spaces. In Part I we focus on the case of infinite lamination subgroups ?-those for which the set of all attracting laminations of all elements of ? is an infinite set-using actions on free splitting complexes of free groups. In Part II we focus on finite lamination subgroups ? and on the construction of useful new hyperbolic actions of those subgroups.
Michael Handel, CUNY Lehman College, New York, New York. Lee Mosher, Rutgers University-Newark, New Jersey.
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