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The tautological ring of ${}\mkern4mu\overline{\mkern-4mu\mathcal{M}\mkern-1mu}\mkern1mu{}_{g,n}$ is rarely Gorenstein

Samir Canning

Geometry & Topology 29 (2025) 3905–3919

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2025.29.3905

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