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A strong maximum principle for singular minimal hypersurfaces

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Supported in part by a National Science Foundation Fellowship and by National Science Foundation Grant DMS-9205153.

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Ilmanen, T. A strong maximum principle for singular minimal hypersurfaces. Calc. Var 4, 443–467 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01246151

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