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Nonuniqueness in the plateau problem for surfaces of constant mean curvature

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Struwe, M. Nonuniqueness in the plateau problem for surfaces of constant mean curvature. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 93, 135–157 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00279957

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