Removability of point singularities of Willmore surfaces

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 315-357

  Kuwert, Ernst ^a   Schätzle, Reiner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 15744389246     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2004.160.315     Document Type: Article

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