Commensurations of Out(F_n)

Benson Farb, Michael Handel

Let $\Out(F_n)$ denote the outer automorphism group of the free group $F_n$ with $n>3$. We prove that for any finite index subgroup $Γ<\Out(F_n)$, the group $\Aut(Γ)$ is isomorphic…