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The geometry of maximal components of the $\mathsf{PSp}(4,\mathbb R)$ character variety

Daniele Alessandrini and Brian Collier

Geometry & Topology 23 (2019) 1251–1337

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2019.23.1251

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