Geometric automorphisms of a free group of rank at least three are rare
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Abstract:
The characteristic polynomials of geometric automorphisms of a free group of finite rank at least three form a nowhere dense set in the Zariski topology.References
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- © Copyright 1983 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 89 (1983), 27-31
- MSC: Primary 20F28; Secondary 20F34, 57N05
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1983-0706503-4
- MathSciNet review: 706503