A new geometric invariant associated to the space of flat connections
Compositio Mathematica, Tome 73 (1990) no. 2, pp. 199-222. 
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Guruprasad, K.; Kumar, Shrawan. A new geometric invariant associated to the space of flat connections. Compositio Mathematica, Tome 73 (1990) no. 2, pp. 199-222. http://archive.numdam.org/item/CM_1990__73_2_199_0/

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