Willmore tori and Willmore-Chen submanifolds in pseudo-Riemannian spaces

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 45-66

  Barros, Manuel ^a   Ferrández, Angel ^b   Lucas, Pascual ^b   Meroño, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elastic curves; Mean curvature; Willmore surfaces; Willmore Chen submanifolds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032209718     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(98)00010-2     Document Type: Article

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