Algebraic & Geometric Topology Volume 25, issue 7 (2025)

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Multitwists in big mapping class groups

George Domat, Federica Fanoni and Sebastian Hensel

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 25 (2025) 3921–3929

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2025.25.3921

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