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A unified Casson–Lin invariant for the real forms of $\mathrm{SL}(2)$

Nathan M Dunfield and Jacob Rasmussen

Geometry & Topology 29 (2025) 4055–4188

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2025.29.4055

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