Mean convex properly embedded [ , e₃ ]-minimal surfaces in R^3

DOI10.4171/RMI/1352MaRDI QIDQ2157366zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 27 July 2022

Published in Revista Matemática Iberoamericana (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.15029

zbMATH Keywords

curvature estimatesminimal surfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^3\),

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear elliptic equations (35J60) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10)

Abstract: 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 White for minimal surfaces, to Rosenberg, Souam and Toubiana, for stable CMC surfaces, and to Spruck and Xiao 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.

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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.

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