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Let $\mathbf{\Sigma}=(\Sigma,M,O)$ be a surface with marked points and order-2 orbifold points which is either unpunctured or once-punctured closed, and $\omega:O\rightarrow\{1,4\}$ a function. For each triangulation $\tau$ of…
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