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Second author was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-9205293, the SFB 288 at Technische Universität Berlin and the Graduierten Kolleg at Humboldt Universität Berlin
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Ferus, D., Pedit, F. Isometric immersions of space forms and soliton theory. Math. Ann. 305, 329–342 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01444224
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