abstractlet w be a non-empty subset of a free group. the automorphism of a group g is said to be a marginal automorphism, if for all x in g,x^−1alpha(x) in w^*(g), where w^*(g) is the marginal subgroup of g.in this paper, we give necessary and sufficient condition for a purelynon-abelian p-group g, such that the set of all marginal automorphismsof g forms an elementary abelian p-group.

Let S be a closed oriented surface S of genus g ≥ 0 with m ≥ 0 marked points (punctures) and 3g − 3 + m ≥ 2. This is a survey of recent results on actions of the mapping class group of S which led to a geometric understanding of this group. Mathematics Subject Classification (2010). Primary 30F60, Secondary 20F28, 20F65, 20F69

The description of the automorphism group of group 〈a, b; [am, bn] = 1〉 (m, n > 1) in terms of generators and defining relations is given. This result is applied to prove that any normal automorphism of every such group is inner. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: primary 20F28, 20F05; secondary 20E06.

Duality and chirality are examples of operations of order 2 on hypermaps. James showed that the groups of all operations on hypermaps and on oriented hypermaps can be identified with the outer automorphism groups Out∆ ∼= PGL2(Z) and Out∆ ∼= GL2(Z) of the groups ∆ = C2 ∗ C2 ∗ C2 and ∆ + = F2. We will consider the elements of finite order in these two groups, and the operations they induce. MSC c...

We prove that the Bianchi groups, that is the groups PSL(2,O) where O is the ring of integers in an imaginary quadratic number field, are good. This is a property introduced by J.P. Serre which relates the cohomology groups of a group to those of its profinite completion. We also develop properties of goodness to be able to show that certain natural central extensions of Fuchsian groups are res...

AbstractLet W be a non-empty subset of a free group. The automorphism of a group G is said to be a marginal automorphism, if for all x in G,x^−1alpha(x) in W^*(G), where W^*(G) is the marginal subgroup of G.In this paper, we give necessary and sufficient condition for a purelynon-abelian p-group G, such that the set of all marginal automorphismsof G forms an elementary abelian p-group.

We show that in the free group of rank 3, given an arbitrary number of automorphisms, the intersection of their fixed subgroups is equal to the fixed subgroup of some other single automorphism. AMS Classification 20E05; 20F28

We show that the outer automorphism group of a polycyclic-by-finite group is an arithmetic group. This result follows from a detailed structural analysis of the automorphism groups of such groups. We use an extended version of the theory of the algebraic hull functor initiated by Mostow. We thus make applicable refined methods from the theory of algebraic and arithmetic groups. We also construc...

It is not known whether or not the stable rational cohomology groups H̃∗(Aut(F∞);Q) always vanish (see Hatcher in [5] and Hatcher and Vogtmann in [7] where they pose the question and show that it does vanish in the first 6 dimensions.) We show that either the rational cohomology does not vanish in certain dimensions, or the integral cohomology of a moduli space of pointed graphs does not stabili...

Forester has defined spaces of simplicial tree actions for a finitely generated group, called deformation spaces. Culler and Vogtmann’s Outer space is an example of a deformation space. Using ideas from Skora’s proof of the contractibility of Outer space, we show that under some mild hypotheses deformation spaces are contractible. AMS Classification 20E08; 20F65, 20F28