# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

September  2016, 15(5): 1719-1742. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2016010

## A new proof of gradient estimates for mean curvature equations with oblique boundary conditions

 1 University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei Anhui, 230026, China

Received  September 2015 Revised  March 2016 Published  July 2016

In this paper, we will use the maximum principle to give a new proof of the gradient estimates for mean curvature equations with some oblique derivative problems. In particular, we shall give a new proof for the capillary problem with zero gravity.
Citation: Jinju Xu. A new proof of gradient estimates for mean curvature equations with oblique boundary conditions. Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis, 2016, 15 (5) : 1719-1742. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2016010
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