Rigidity of the free factor complex

Abstract

We establish the following non-abelian analogue of the Fundamental Theorem of Projective Geometry: the natural map from Aut(Fn) to the automorphism group of the free-factor complex AFn is an isomorphism. We also prove the corresponding theorem for the action of Out(Fn) on the complex of conjugacy classes of free factors.

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