Global minimizers for the doubly-constrained Helfrich energy: The axisymmetric case

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 337-366

  Choksi, Rustum ^a   Veneroni, Marco ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84885623926     PISSN: 09442669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00526-012-0553-9     Document Type: Article

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