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Keywords:
constant mean curvature surfaces; nonlinear partial differential equation; dressing action; Weierstrass type representation
Summary:
We give an expository account of a Weierstrass type representation of the non-zero constant mean curvature surfaces in space and discuss the meaning of the representation from the point of view of partial differential equations.
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