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The geometry of periodic minimal surfaces

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  1. Mathematics Department, University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, MA

    William H. Meeks III & Harold Rosenberg

  2. Mathematics Department, Université de Paris 7, 75251, Paris, France

    William H. Meeks III & Harold Rosenberg

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The research described in this paper was supported by research grant DE-FG02-86ER25015 of the Applied Mathematical Science subprogram of Office of Energy Research, U.S. Department of Energy, and National Science Foundation grant DMS-8900285.

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Meeks, W.H., Rosenberg, H. The geometry of periodic minimal surfaces. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 68, 538–578 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02565835

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