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    Michael Callahan, David Hoffman & William H. Meeks III

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The research described in this paper was supported by research grant DE-FG02-86ER250125 of the Applied Mathematical Science subprogram of the Office of Energy Research, U.S. Department of Energy, and National Science Foundation grants DMS-8503350 and DMS-8611574

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Callahan, M., Hoffman, D. & Meeks, W.H. Embedded minimal surfaces with an infinite number of ends. Invent Math 96, 459–505 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01393694

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