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On Some Geometric Invariants Associated to the Space of Flat Connections on an Open Space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

I. Biswas
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, T.I.F.R. Homi Bhabba Road, Bombay - 400005, India
K. Guruprasad
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560012, India
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Abstract

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A geometric invariant is associated to the parabolic moduli space on a marked surface and is related to the symplectic structure of the moduli space.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1996

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