Local energy minimality of capillary surfaces in the presence of symmetry

Pacific Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 487-509

  Vogel, Thomas I ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036803479     PISSN: 00308730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/pjm.2002.206.487     Document Type: Article

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