Representation stability for homotopy automorphisms

Abstract: We consider in parallel pointed homotopy automorphisms of iterated wedge sums of topological spaces and boundary relative homotopy automorphisms of iterated connected sums of manifolds minus a disk. Under certain conditions on the spaces and manifolds, we prove that the rational homotopy groups of these homotopy automorphisms form finitely generated FI-modules, and thus satisfy representation stability for symmetric groups, in the sense of Church and Farb.