Algebraic & Geometric Topology Volume 24, issue 8 (2024)

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On keen weakly reducible bridge spheres

Puttipong Pongtanapaisan and Daniel Rodman

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 24 (2024) 4201–4235

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2024.24.4201

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