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Open problems in the degree theory for disc minimal surfaces spanning a curve in ℝ3

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Tromba, A.J. (1988). Open problems in the degree theory for disc minimal surfaces spanning a curve in ℝ3 . In: Hildebrandt, S., Leis, R. (eds) Partial Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1357. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0082876

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