Energy concentration for almost harmonic maps and the Willmore functional

Mathematische Zeitschrift

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 293-311

  Moser, Roger ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 24344470982     PISSN: 00255874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00209-005-0803-z     Document Type: Article

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