A local regularity theorem for mean curvature flow

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1487-1519

  White, Brian ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 30444443766     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: 0003486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2005.161.1487     Document Type: Article

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