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Quantum traces for representations of surface groups in $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{C})$

Francis Bonahon and Helen Wong

Geometry & Topology 15 (2011) 1569–1615

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2011.15.1569

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