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On indecomposable trees in the boundary of Outer space

. (2010)cite arxiv:1002.3141 Comment: 12 pages. reorganized introduction, corrected typos.

Abstract

Let $T$ be an $R$-tree, equipped with a very small action of the rank $n$ free group $F_n$, and let $H F_n$ be finitely generated. We consider the case where the action $F_n T$ is indecomposable--this is a strong mixing property introduced by Guirardel. In this case, we show that the action of $H$ on its minimal invarinat subtree $T_H$ has dense orbits if and only if $H$ is finite index in $F_n$. There is an interesting application to dual algebraic laminations; we show that for $T$ free and indecomposable and for $H F_n$ finitely generated, $H$ carries a leaf of the dual lamination of $T$ if and only if $H$ is finite index in $F_n$. This generalizes a result of Bestvina-Feighn-Handel regarding stable trees of fully irreducible automorphisms.

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On indecomposable trees in the boundary of Outer space

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