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Low complexity among principal fully irreducible elements of $\mathrm{Out}(F_3)$

Naomi Andrew, Paige Hillen, Robert Alonzo Lyman and Catherine Eva Pfaff

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 26 (2026) 2157–2180

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2026.26.2157

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