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A-polynomials, Ptolemy equations and Dehn filling

Joshua A Howie, Daniel V Mathews and Jessica S Purcell

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 25 (2025) 1265–1320

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2025.25.1265

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