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Diese Arbeit entstand aus der zweiten Hälfte der von der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Bonn angenommenen Habilitationsschrift des Verfassers und wurde teilweise an der Stanford University angefertigt.

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Steffen, K. On the existence of surfaces with prescribed mean curvature and boundary. Math Z 146, 113–135 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01187700

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