An obstruction for the mean curvature of a conformal immersion S n → ℝn+1

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 489-493

  Ammann, Bernd ^a   Humbert, Emmanuel ^a   Ahmedou, Mohameden Ould ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ HENRI POINCARÉ NANCY 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 58549115218     PISSN: 00029939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-06-08491-7     Document Type: Article

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