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On the existence of embedded minimal 2-spheres in the 3-sphere, endowed with an arbitrary metric

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Francis R. Smith
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38 Willow Grove, East Kew, Victoria 3102, Australia.
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Abstract

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Type
Abstracts of Australasian PhD Thesis
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1983

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