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Equivariant Cerf theory and perturbative $\mathrm{SU}(n)$ Casson invariants

Shaoyun Bai and Boyu Zhang

Geometry & Topology 30 (2026) 1203–1276

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2026.30.1203

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