Estimates for parametric elliptic integrands (Q2778019)

Let \(M\) be a three-dimensional Riemannian manifold and \(\varphi\) a real-valued function defined on the unit sphere bundle \(S(M)\) of \(M\) such that \(\varphi\geq 1\). For an oriented surface \(N\) immersed in \(M\) let \(\Phi\) be a functional defined by \(\Phi(N)=\int_{x\in N}\varphi(x,n(x)) dx\), where \(n(x)\) is the unit normal to \(N\) and \(dx\) is the area measure on \(N\). A surface \(N\) is said to be \(\Phi\)-stationary if it is a critical point for \(\Phi\), and it is \(\Phi\)-stable if its second variation is nonnegative for deformations of compact support. The functional \(\Phi\) is elliptic if there is a \(\lambda>0\) such that, for each \(x\in M\), \(v\to \left(\varphi(x,v/||v||)-\lambda\right)||v||\) is a convex function. In this paper, the authors provide bounds on area and total curvature for intrinsic balls in \(\Phi\)-stable surfaces.