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Geodesics and soap bubbles in surfaces

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  2. Department of Mathematics, Williams College, USA

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Hass, J., Morgan, F. Geodesics and soap bubbles in surfaces. Math Z 223, 185–196 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00004560

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