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On complete nonorientable minimal surfaces with low total curvature

Author(s): Francisco J. Lopez
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 348 (1996), 2737-2758.
MSC (1991): Primary 53A10; Secondary 53C42
MathSciNet review: 1351494
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Abstract: We classify complete nonorientable minimal surfaces in $\mathbb R^3$ with total curvature $-8\pi$ .

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