Local Palais-Smale sequences for the Willmore functional

Communications in Analysis and Geometry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 563-599

  Bernard, Yann ^a   Rivière, Tristan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 80053935210     PISSN: 10198385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CAG.2011.v19.n3.a5     Document Type: Article

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