Curvature of closed hypersurfaces and non-existence of closed minimal hypersurfaces

Myers, S. B.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1951-0044884-1

Curvature of closed hypersurfaces and non-existence of closed minimal hypersurfaces

Author: S. B. Myers
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 71 (1951), 211-217
MSC: Primary 53.0X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1951-0044884-1
MathSciNet review: 0044884
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