Isoperimetric inequalities in crystallography

Journal of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 373-388

  Ros, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cubic symmetry; Isoperimetric problem; Periodic minimal surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842662480     PISSN: 08940347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0894-0347-03-00447-8     Document Type: Article

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