Existence of incompressible minimal surfaces and the topology of three dimensional manifolds with non-negative scalar curvature

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DOI10.2307/1971247zbMath0431.53051WikidataQ101086270 ScholiaQ101086270MaRDI QIDQ1138259

Shing Tung Yau, Richard M. Schoen

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1971247


49Q05: Minimal surfaces and optimization

53C42: Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.)

53C20: Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching


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