2012/12/06 by Vincent Guirardel, Guirardel, Vincent, Gilbert Levitt +1 · 2 citations
Mathematics · #FOS: Mathematics #Geometric Topology (math.GT) #Group Theory (math.GR) #math.GR #math.GT
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1212.1434
Minor modifications. To appear in Geometry Groups and Dynamics
arxiv created 2014/03/05 · arxiv updated 2014/03/06
We study automorphisms of a relatively hyperbolic group G. When G is one-ended, we describe Out(G) using a preferred JSJ tree over subgroups that are virtually cyclic or parabolic. In particular, when G is toral relatively hyperbolic, Out(G) is virtually built out of mapping class groups and subgroups of GLn(Z) fixing certain basis elements. When more general parabolic groups are allowed, these subgroups of GLn(Z) have to be replaced by McCool groups: automorphisms of parabolic groups acting trivially (i.e. by conjugation) on certain subgroups. Given a malnormal quasiconvex subgroup P of a hyperbolic group G, we view G as hyperbolic relative to P and we apply the previous analysis to describe the group Out(P to G) of automorphisms of P that extend to G: it is virtually a McCool group. If Out(P to G) is infinite, then P is a vertex group in a splitting of G. If P is torsion-free, then Out(P to G) is of type VF, in particular finitely presented. We also determine when Out(G) is infinite, for G relatively hyperbolic. The interesting case is when G is infinitely-ended and has torsion. When G is hyperbolic, we show that Out(G) is infinite if and only if G splits over a maximal virtually cyclic subgroup with infinite center. In general we show that infiniteness of Out(G) comes from the existence of a splitting with infinitely many twists, or having a vertex group that is maximal parabolic with infinitely many automorphisms acting trivially on incident edge groups.