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The space of nonextendable quasimorphisms

Morimichi Kawasaki, Mitsuaki Kimura, Shuhei Maruyama, Takahiro Matsushita and Masato Mimura

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 25 (2025) 1169–1226

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2025.25.1169

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