Existence and characterization of regions minimizing perimeter under a volume constraint inside Euclidean cones

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 356, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 4601-4622

  Ritoré, Manuel ^a   Rosales, César ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature; Isoperimetric regions; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 7544223299     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-04-03537-8     Document Type: Article

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