%0 Journal Article %A Mladen Bestvina %A Mark Feighn %A Michael Handel %T The Tits alternative for \(\text{Out}(F_n)\). I: Dynamics of exponentially-growing automorphisms %J Annals of mathematics %D 2000 %V 151 %N 2 %U http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.2307/121043/ %R 10.2307/121043 %F 10_2307_121043