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Harmonic maps into Euclidean buildings and non-Archimedean superrigidity

Christine Breiner, Ben K Dees and Chikako Mese

Geometry & Topology 30 (2026) 2251–2296

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2026.30.2251

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