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A maximum principle at infinity and the topology of complete embedded surfaces with constant mean curvature

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  • Maximum Principle
  • Minimal Surface
  • Curvature Surface
  • Jacobi Equation
  • Regular Neighborhood

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Kusner, R. (1991). A maximum principle at infinity and the topology of complete embedded surfaces with constant mean curvature. In: Ferus, D., Pinkall, U., Simon, U., Wegner, B. (eds) Global Differential Geometry and Global Analysis. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1481. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0083634

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