Translation lengths in Out(Fn)
Abstract
We prove that all elements of infinite order in Out(Fn) have positive translation lengths; moreover, they are bounded away from zero. Consequences include a new proof that solvable subgroups of Out(Fn) are finitely generated and virtually abelian and the new result that such subgroups are quasi-convex.
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