Global minimizers for axisymmetric multiphase membranes
Rustum Choksi; Marco Morandotti; Marco Veneroni
ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (2013)
- Volume: 19, Issue: 4, page 1014-1029
- ISSN: 1292-8119
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