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A bridge principle for minimal and constant mean curvature submanifolds ofR N

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Smale, N. A bridge principle for minimal and constant mean curvature submanifolds ofR N . Invent Math 90, 505–549 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01389177

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