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Primitives in the free group on two generators

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University, 80523, Fort Collins, CO, USA

    R. P. Osborne

  2. Institut für Mathematik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Postfach 10 2148, D-4630, Bochum 1, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. Zieschang

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Osborne, R.P., Zieschang, H. Primitives in the free group on two generators. Invent Math 63, 17–24 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01389191

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