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The strong halfspace theorem for minimal surfaces

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, MA, USA

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The research in this paper was supported by research grants DE-FG02-86ER250125 of the Applied Mathematical Sciences subprogram of the Office of Energy Research, U.S. Department of Energy and National Science Foundation, Division of Mathematical Sciences research grants DMS-8503350 and DMS-8611574

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Hoffman, D., Meeks, W.H. The strong halfspace theorem for minimal surfaces. Invent Math 101, 373–377 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01231506

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