Three circles theorems for Schrödinger operators on cylindrical ends and geometric applications

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1540-1602

  Colding, Tobias H ^a   De Lellis, Camillo ^b   Minicozzi II, William P ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 53649093968     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: 00103640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpa.20232     Document Type: Article

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