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Stability of minimal submanifolds

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  • Riemannian Manifold
  • Minimal Surface
  • Constant Curvature
  • Total Curvature
  • Minimal Hypersurface

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Carmo, M.P.d. (1981). Stability of minimal submanifolds. In: Ferus, D., Kühnel, W., Simon, U., Wegner, B. (eds) Global Differential Geometry and Global Analysis. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 838. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0088849

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