## Duke Mathematical Journal

### The geometry of properly embedded special surfaces in $\mathbf{R}^3$; e.g., surfaces satisfying $aH+bK=1$, where $a$ and $b$ are positive

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 73, Number 2 (1994), 291-306.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077288813

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-94-07314-6

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1262209

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0802.53002

#### Citation

Rosenberg, Harold; Sa Earp, Ricardo. The geometry of properly embedded special surfaces in R 3 ; e.g., surfaces satisfying a H + b K = 1 , where a and b are positive. Duke Math. J. 73 (1994), no. 2, 291--306. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-94-07314-6. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077288813.

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