Genus-one helicoids from a variational point of view

Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 767-813

  Hoffman, David ^a   White, Brian ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete embedded minimal surface; Helicoid; Variational methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349115109     PISSN: 00102571     EISSN: 14208946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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