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A smooth curve in R3 bounding a continuum of minimal manifolds

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Communicated by G. Strang

This work has been partially supported by NSF Grant MCS-7621044.

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Morgan, F. A smooth curve in R3 bounding a continuum of minimal manifolds. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 75, 193–197 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00250480

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