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Stable constant mean curvature tori and the isoperimetric problem in three space forms

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Ritoré, M., Ros, A. Stable constant mean curvature tori and the isoperimetric problem in three space forms. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 67, 293–305 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02566501

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