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Abstract for MSRI Preprint 1997-008

The Symmetry of Intersection Numbers in Group Theory

Peter Scott

For suitable subgroups of a finitely generated group, we define the intersection number of one subgroup with another subgroup and show that this number is symmetric. We also give an interpretation of this number.