Mean convex properly embedded \([ \varphi, \vec{e}_3 ]\)-minimal surfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) (Q2157366)

Summary: We establish curvature estimates and a convexity result for mean convex properly embedded \([ \varphi , \vec{e}_3 ]\)-minimal surfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^3\), i.e., \( \varphi \)-minimal surfaces when \(\varphi\) depends only on the third coordinate of \(\mathbb{R}^3\). Led by the works on curvature estimates for surfaces in 3-manifolds, due to \textit{B. White} [in: Geometric analysis. Lecture notes from the graduate minicourse of the 2013 IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute session on geometric analysis, Park City, UT, USA, 2013. Providence, RI: AMS; Princeton, NJ. 387--433 (2016; Zbl 1354.49091)] for minimal surfaces, to \textit{H. Rosenberg} et al. [J. Differ. Geom. 84, No. 3, 623--648 (2010; Zbl 1198.53062)] for stable CMC surfaces, and to \textit{J. Spruck} and \textit{L. Xiao} [Am. J. Math. 142, No. 3, 993--1015 (2020; Zbl 1445.35110)] for stable translating solitons in \(\mathbb{R}^3\), we use a compactness argument to provide curvature estimates for a family of mean convex \([ \varphi , \vec{e}_3 ]\)-minimal surfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^3\). We apply this result to generalize the convexity property of Spruck and Xiao for translating solitons. More precisely, we characterize the convexity of a properly embedded \([ \varphi , \vec{e}_3 ]\)-minimal surface in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) with non-positive mean curvature when the growth at infinity of \(\varphi\) is at most quadratic.