Open problems in soap bubble geometry

International Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 833-842

  Sullivan, John M ^b   Morgan, Frank ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030373857     PISSN: 0129167X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129167X9600044X     Document Type: Article

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