Instability of the wet X soap film

Journal of Geometric Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 749-767

  Brakke, Kenneth ^a   Morgan, Frank ^b  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 28944451515     PISSN: 10506926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02922669     Document Type: Article

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