Second variation of superminimal surfaces into self-dual einstein four-manifolds

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 349, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2253-2269

  Montiel, Sebastian ^a   Urbano, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Index; Nullity; Superminimal surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744436414     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-97-01933-8     Document Type: Article

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