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Stability of embeddings for pseudoconcave surfaces and their boundaries

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, 209 S. 33rd Street, 19104-6395, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Charles L. Epstein

  2. Institut de Mathématique de Jussieu, Université de Paris VI, Case 247 4 place Jussieu, FR-75252, Paris Cedex 05, France

    Gennadi M. Henkin

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Research supported in part by the University of Paris VI and NSF Grant DMS96-23040.

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Epstein, C.L., Henkin, G.M. Stability of embeddings for pseudoconcave surfaces and their boundaries. Acta Math. 185, 161–237 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02392810

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