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Minimizing the energy of maps from a surface into a 2-sphere with prescribed degree and boundary values

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Kuwert, E. Minimizing the energy of maps from a surface into a 2-sphere with prescribed degree and boundary values. Manuscripta Math 83, 31–38 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02567598

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