Mean curvature flow singularities for mean convex surfaces

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Huisken, Gerhard ^a   Sinestrari, Carlo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

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EID: 0002583892     PISSN: 09442669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005260050113     Document Type: Article

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