Curvature estimates for immersions of minimal surface type via uniformization and theorems of Bernstein type (Q916109)

The immersions of minimal surface type considered here are regular parametrizations x: \(B\to {\mathbb{R}}^ 3\) (B the unit disk in \({\mathbb{C}})\) satisfying the following curvature equation \[ \rho_ 1(x,X)\kappa_ 1+\rho_ 2(x,X)\kappa_ 2=0. \] Here \(K_ 1\), \(K_ 2\) denote the principal curvatures of the surface x(B) and X is its normal. The weight factors \(\rho_ 1,\rho_ 2>0\) are supposed to be uniformly bounded from above and from below (away from zero). For \(\rho_ 1=\rho_ 2\equiv const\). one obtains the classical minimal surfaces. Using weighted conformal parameters one is led to the equation \(X_ u\cdot x_ u+X_ v\cdot x_ v=0\). Under certain assumptions on the Gauß-image the author derives a priori-estimates for the norm of the second fundamental form. From these he obtains new theorems of Bernstein-type for such surfaces.