On the first and second variations of a nonlocal isoperimetric problem

Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik

Volumn , Issue 611, 2007, Pages 75-108

  Choksi, Rustum ^a,b   Sternberg, Peter ^a,c  

^a Simon Fraser University ^*

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36248952676     PISSN: 00754102     EISSN: 00754102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CRELLE.2007.074     Document Type: Article

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