The isoperimetric problem on surfaces of revolution of decreasing gauss curvature

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 352, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 4889-4909

  Morgan, Frank ^a   Hutchings, Michael ^a   Howards, Hugh ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

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Isoperimetric problem

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EID: 23044524150     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-00-02482-x     Document Type: Article

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