Relative currents

Gupta, Radhika

doi:10.1090/ecgd/314

Relative currents
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by Radhika Gupta

Conform. Geom. Dyn. 21 (2017), 319-352

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/ecgd/314

Published electronically: October 18, 2017

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Abstract:

In this paper we define currents relative to a free factor system. We prove that a fully irreducible outer automorphism relative to a free factor system acts with uniform north-south dynamics on a subspace of the space of projective relative currents.

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