On stability of capillary surfaces in a ball

Pacific Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 345-361

  Ros, Antonio ^a   Souam, Rabah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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EID: 0000167179     PISSN: 00308730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/pjm.1997.178.345     Document Type: Article

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