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The space of minimal embeddings of a surface into a three-dimensional manifold of positive Ricci curvature

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  1. University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, IL, USA

    Hyeong In Choi

  2. University of California, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Richard Schoen

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Research of both authors partially supported by NSF Grants

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Choi, H.I., Schoen, R. The space of minimal embeddings of a surface into a three-dimensional manifold of positive Ricci curvature. Invent Math 81, 387–394 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01388577

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