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Sacks, Jonathan; Uhlenbeck, K.

Minimal immersions of closed Riemann surfaces. (English) Zbl 0527.58008

Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 271, 639-652 (1982).
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MSC:

58E12 Variational problems concerning minimal surfaces (problems in two independent variables)
58E05 Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel’man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces
53C42 Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.)
55M30 Lyusternik-Shnirel’man category of a space, topological complexity à la Farber, topological robotics (topological aspects)
58E20 Harmonic maps, etc.
49Q05 Minimal surfaces and optimization

Keywords:

minimal branched immersions; conformal structures; Teichmueller spaces; hyperbolic 3-manifolds
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