On De Giorgi's conjecture in dimensions 4 and 5

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 313-334

  Ghoussoub, Nassif ^a   Gui, Changfeng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0037226591     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2003.157.313     Document Type: Article

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