{ "id": "1301.7080", "version": "v2", "published": "2013-01-29T21:26:40.000Z", "updated": "2014-09-07T13:34:47.000Z", "title": "Ideal Whitehead Graphs in Out(F_r) III: Achieved Graphs in Rank 3", "authors": [ "Catherine Pfaff" ], "comment": "Rewritten to improve readability. Typos fixed", "categories": [ "math.GR", "math.GT" ], "abstract": "By proving precisely which singularity index lists arise from the pair of invariant foliations for a pseudo-Anosov surface homeomorphism, Masur and Smillie determined a Teichm\\\"uller flow invariant stratification of the space of quadratic differentials. In this final paper of a three-paper series, we give a first step to an $Out(F_r)$ analog of the Masur-Smillie theorem. Since the ideal Whitehead graphs defined by Handel and Mosher give a strictly finer invariant in the analogous $Out(F_r)$ setting, we determine which of the twenty-one connected, simplicial, five-vertex graphs are ideal Whitehead graphs of fully irreducible outer automorphisms in $Out(F_3)$.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2013-01-29T21:26:40.000Z", "abstract": "By proving precisely which singularity index lists arise from the pair of invariant foliations for a pseudo-Anosov, Masur and Smillie, in [MS93], determined a Teichmueller flow invariant stratification of the space of quadratic differentials. In this final paper of a three-paper series, we give a first step to an Out(F_r) analog of the [MS93] theorem. Since the ideal Whitehead graphs of [HM11] give a strictly finer invariant in the analogous Out(F_r) setting of a fully irreducible outer automorphism, we determined which of the twenty-one connected, simplicial, five-vertex graphs are ideal Whitehead graphs of fully irreducible outer automorphisms in Out(F_3). It can be noted that our methods are valid in any rank.", "comment": "arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1205.5320", "journal": null, "doi": null }, { "version": "v2", "updated": "2014-09-07T13:34:47.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "20F65" ], "keywords": [ "ideal whitehead graphs", "achieved graphs", "fully irreducible outer automorphism", "singularity index lists arise", "teichmueller flow invariant stratification" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2013arXiv1301.7080P" } } }