Cutting Sequences and Palindromes
Group Theory
2008-06-12 v3 Geometric Topology
Abstract
We give a unified geometric approach to some theorems about primitive elements and palindromes in free groups of rank 2. The geometric treatment gives new proofs of the theorems. Dedicated to Bill Harvey on his 65th birthday.
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@article{arxiv.0803.0234,
title = {Cutting Sequences and Palindromes},
author = {Jane Gilman and Linda Keen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.0234},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
15 The current version replaces the first version; we have corrected the statement of theorem 2.1 and added a new theorem 2.4 and included some additional references