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Simply Connected Minimal Surfaces in R3 Transverse to Horizontal Planes

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We consider simply connected minimal surfaces in Euclidean space and we give a characterisation of the helicoid.

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Rosenberg, H., Toubiana, E. Simply Connected Minimal Surfaces in R3 Transverse to Horizontal Planes. Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry 16, 89–100 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006549929232

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