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Surface group representations in ${\rm SL}_2(\mathbb{C})$ with finite mapping class orbits

Indranil Biswas, Subhojoy Gupta, Mahan Mj and Junho Peter Whang

Geometry & Topology 26 (2022) 679–719

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2022.26.679

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