An example of three dimensional fattening for linked space curves evolving by curvature

Communications in Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1475-1492

  Bellettini, Giovanni ^a   Novaga, Matteo ^b   Paolini, Maurizio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

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EID: 0040579517     PISSN: 03605302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605309808821392     Document Type: Article

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