New examples of groups acting on real trees

Abstract

We construct the first example of a finitely generated group which has Serre's property (FA) (i.e., whenever it acts on a simplicial tree it fixes a vertex), but admits a fixed point-free action on an $\mathbb{R}$-tree with finite arc stabilizers. We also give a short and elementary construction of finitely generated groups that have property (FA) but do not have (F$\mathbb{R}$).Comment: v4: 22 pages, revised following referee's suggestions. This version of the paper has been accepted by the Journal of Topolog