The isoperimetric inequality
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Additional Information
- Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 1182-1238
- MSC (1970): Primary 52-02, 52A40; Secondary 26A84, 28A75, 35P15, 49F10, 53A10, 53C20
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1978-14553-4
- MathSciNet review: 0500557