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The shape of a figure-eight under the curve shortening flow

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    Matthew A. Grayson

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Research supported in part by an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

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Grayson, M.A. The shape of a figure-eight under the curve shortening flow. Invent Math 96, 177–180 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01393973

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