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Alexander and Thurston norms, and the Bieri–Neumann–Strebel invariants for free-by-cyclic groups

Florian Funke and Dawid Kielak

Geometry & Topology 22 (2018) 2647–2696

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2018.22.2647

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