The Wulff shape minimizes an anisotropic Willmore functional

Interfaces and Free Boundaries

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 351-359

  Clarenz, Ulrich ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

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EID: 4944230935     PISSN: 14639963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4171/IFB/104     Document Type: Article

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