Conformally invariant bending energy for hypersurfaces

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 38, Issue 37, 2005, Pages 7943-7955

  Guven, Jemal ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

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EID: 24344460877     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/38/37/002     Document Type: Article

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