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Isoperimetric inequalities and the problem of Plateau

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The author acknowledges the support of the Sonderforschungsbereich 40 at the University of Bonn and of Princeton University during the preparation of this article

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Steffen, K. Isoperimetric inequalities and the problem of Plateau. Math. Ann. 222, 97–144 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01418324

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