The spaces of index one minimal surfaces and stable constant mean curvature surfaces embedded in flat three manifolds

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 348, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 391-410

  Ritoré, Manuel ^a   Ros, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constant mean curvature surfaces; Index one; Isoperimetric problem; Minimal surfaces; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844487214     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-96-01496-1     Document Type: Article

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