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Sum of Lyapunov exponents of the Hodge bundle with respect to the Teichmüller geodesic flow

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    Alex Eskin

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    Maxim Kontsevich

  3. Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu (Paris Rive Gauche), Université Paris 7 and IUF, Bâtiment Sophie Germain, Case 7012, 75205, Paris Cedex 13, France

    Anton Zorich

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Eskin, A., Kontsevich, M. & Zorich, A. Sum of Lyapunov exponents of the Hodge bundle with respect to the Teichmüller geodesic flow. Publ.math.IHES 120, 207–333 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10240-013-0060-3

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