%0 Journal Article %T Cutting Sequences and Palindromes %A Jane Gilman %A Linda Keen %J Mathematics %D 2008 %I arXiv %X 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. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.0234v3