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Generating the liftable mapping class groups of cyclic covers of spheres

Pankaj Kapari, Kashyap Rajeevsarathy and Apeksha Sanghi

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 25 (2025) 2883–2903

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2025.25.2883

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