Infima of energy functionals in homotopy classes of mappings

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DOI10.4310/jdg/1214440023zbMath0588.58017OpenAlexW1559225743WikidataQ115185506 ScholiaQ115185506MaRDI QIDQ1073408

Brian White

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1214440023




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