Discrete surfaces with constant negative gaussian curvature and the hirota equation

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 527-611

  Bobenko, Alexander ^a   Pinkall, Ulrich ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 0002821692     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1214458324     Document Type: Article

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