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Explicit gradient estimates for minimal Lagrangian surfaces of dimension two

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We derive explicit, uniform, a priori interior Hessian and gradient estimates for special Lagrangian equations of all phases in dimension two.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, Box 354350, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Micah Warren & Yu Yuan

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Y. Yuan is partially supported by an NSF grant.

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Warren, M., Yuan, Y. Explicit gradient estimates for minimal Lagrangian surfaces of dimension two. Math. Z. 262, 867–879 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00209-008-0403-9

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