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Products of loxodromic automorphisms of pretrees

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We extend some basic properties of hyperbolic isometries of \({\mathbb{R}}\)-trees to the case of automorphisms of median pretrees.

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  1. Institute of Mathematics, Wrocław University, pl.Grunwaldzki 2/4, 50-384, Wrocław, Poland

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The research is supported by KBN grant 2 P03A 007 19.

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Ivanov, A. Products of loxodromic automorphisms of pretrees. Beitr Algebra Geom 53, 105–112 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13366-011-0067-1

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