## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Group cohomology construction of the cohomology of moduli spaces of flat connections on $2$-manifolds

Lisa C. Jeffrey

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 77, Number 2 (1995), 407-429.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077286347

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-95-07712-6

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1321064

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0870.57013

#### Citation

Jeffrey, Lisa C. Group cohomology construction of the cohomology of moduli spaces of flat connections on 2 -manifolds. Duke Math. J. 77 (1995), no. 2, 407--429. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-95-07712-6. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077286347.

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