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Völklein, H. (2005). The Image of a Hurwitz Space Under the Moduli Map. In: Voelklein, H., Shaska, T. (eds) Progress in Galois Theory. Developments in Mathematics, vol 12. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23534-5_8
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