The Tits Alternative for out(F n ) I: Dynamics of Exponentially-Growing Automorphisms

Abstract

Mladen Bestvina, Mark Feighn, Michael Handel, The Tits Alternative for out(Fn) I: Dynamics of Exponentially-Growing Automorphisms, Annals of Mathematics, Second Series, Vol. 151, No. 2 (Mar., 2000), pp. 517-623