Gauss map, topology, and convexity of hypersurfaces with nonvanishing curvature

Topology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 107-117

  Ghomi, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collar; Convex cap; Embedding; Gauss map; Immersion; Manifold with boundary; Mean curvature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348129637     PISSN: 00409383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-9383(00)00028-8     Document Type: Article

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