Hamiltonian minimality and Hamiltonian stability of Gauss maps

Differential Geometry and its Application

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-58

  Palmer, Bennett ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gauss map; Lagrangian submanifold; Minimal hypersurface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031093177     PISSN: 09262245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-2245(96)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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