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Minimal branched immersions into three-manifolds

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Eells, J. (1985). Minimal branched immersions into three-manifolds. In: Geometry and Topology. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1167. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0075217

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