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free subgroup which is not a (non-triial) free product of (orientable) surface groups and
infinite cyclic groups, then oρ q conerges strongly to ρ and oΛ(ρ (G))q conerges to
Λ(ρ(G)).
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Acknowledgements. Both authors would like to thank the Institut Henri Poincare
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for its hospitality during the writing of this paper, as well as the referee for useful
comments.
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