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arxiv: 0809.2034 · v3 · pith:QDDRKQBLnew · submitted 2008-09-11 · 🧮 math.GR

The automorphism group of the free group of rank two is a CAT(0) group

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We prove that the automorphism group of the braid group on four strands acts faithfully and geometrically on a CAT(0) 2-complex. This implies that the automorphism group of the free group of rank two acts faithfully and geometrically on a CAT(0) 2-complex, in contrast to the situation for rank three and above.

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