Hyperbolic actions and 2nd bounded cohomology of subgroups of $mathsf{Out}(F_n)$. Part II: Finite lamination subgroups


Abstract in English

This is the second part of a two part work in which we prove that for every finitely generated subgroup $Gamma < mathsf{Out}(F_n)$, either $Gamma$ is virtually abelian or its second bounded cohomology $H^2_b(Gamma;mathbb{R})$ contains an embedding of $ell^1$. Here in Part II we focus on finite lamination subgroups $Gamma$ --- meaning that the set of all attracting laminations of elements of $Gamma$ is finite --- and on the construction of hyperbolic actions of those subgroups to which the general theory of Part I is applicable.

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