The inverse mean curvature flow and the riemannian penrose inequality

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 353-437

  Huisken, Gerhard ^a,b   Ilmanen, Tom ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0035526412     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1090349447     Document Type: Article

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