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Deformations of reducible representations of 3–manifold groups into $\mathrm{PSL}_2(\mathbb{C})$

Michael Heusener and Joan Porti

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 5 (2005) 965–997

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2005.5.965

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