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Representation theoretic rigidity in PSL (2,R)

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  1. University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Christopher Bishop

  2. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Tim Steger

  3. Department of Mathematics, SUNY at Stony Brook, 11794-3651, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    Christopher Bishop

  4. Department of Mathematics, University of Georgia, 30602-7403, Athens, GA, USA

    Tim Steger

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Bishop, C., Steger, T. Representation theoretic rigidity in PSL (2,R). Acta Math. 170, 121–149 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02392456

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