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Limits of minimal surfaces and Scherk's Fifth Surface

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Hoffman, D., Meeks, W.H. Limits of minimal surfaces and Scherk's Fifth Surface. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 111, 181–195 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00375407

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