## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Curvature estimates for constant mean curvature surfaces

#### Abstract

We derive extrinsic curvature estimates for compact disks embedded in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$ with nonzero constant mean curvature.

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 168, Number 16 (2019), 3057-3102.

Dates
Revised: 5 April 2019
First available in Project Euclid: 22 October 2019

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1571731217

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/00127094-2019-0033

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR4027828

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
07154835

#### Citation

Meeks III, William H.; Tinaglia, Giuseppe. Curvature estimates for constant mean curvature surfaces. Duke Math. J. 168 (2019), no. 16, 3057--3102. doi:10.1215/00127094-2019-0033. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1571731217

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