## Duke Mathematical Journal

### A variational approach to the existence of complete embedded minimal surfaces

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 57, Number 3 (1988), 877-893.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077307217

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-88-05739-0

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR975126

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0676.53006

#### Citation

Hoffman, D.; Meeks, III, W. H. A variational approach to the existence of complete embedded minimal surfaces. Duke Math. J. 57 (1988), no. 3, 877--893. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-88-05739-0. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077307217

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