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The cohomology of the moduli space of curves

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Harer, J.L. (1988). The cohomology of the moduli space of curves. In: Sernesi, E. (eds) Theory of Moduli. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1337. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0082808

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