Amalgam Anosov representations

Abstract

Let $\hat{I}“$ be a one-ended, torsion-free hyperbolic group and let $G$ be a semisimple Lie group with finite center. Using the canonical JSJ splitting due to Sela, we define amalgam Anosov representations of $\hat{I}“$ into $G$ and prove that they form a domain of discontinuity for the action of $\mathrm{Out}(\hat{I}“)$. In the appendix, we prove, using projective Anosov Schottky groups, that if the restriction of the representation to every Fuchsian or rigid vertex group of the JSJ splitting of $\hat{I}“$ is Anosov, with respect to a fixed pair of opposite parabolic subgroups, then $\ddot{I}$ is amalgam Anosov.

With an appendix by the authors and Andres Sambarino. Final version