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 We prove that a generically regular semisimple Higgs bundle equipped with a
 nondegenerate symmetric pairing on any Riemann surface always has a harmonic metric
 compatible with the pairing. We also study the classification of such compatible
 harmonic metrics in the case where the Riemann surface is the complement of a finite
 set 
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 a compact Riemann surface. In particular, we prove the uniqueness of a compatible
 harmonic metric if the Higgs bundle is wild and regular semisimple at each point of
 
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              Keywords
              
                harmonic bundle, nondegenerate symmetric product, real
                structure
               
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              Mathematical Subject Classification
              
                Primary: 53C07
               
              
                Secondary: 58E15, 14D21, 81T13
               
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              Milestones
              
                Received: 15 October 2022
               
              
                Revised: 23 July 2023
               
              
                Accepted: 9 August 2023
               
              
                Published: 21 November 2023
               
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