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In this note, we prove Hölder regularity for equations of prescribed anisotropic mean curvature type. As an application, we obtain the regularity of weak surfaces with prescribed anisotropic mean curvature.
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Luo, Y., Xia, C. Hölder regularity for equations of prescribed anisotropic mean curvature type. manuscripta math. 141, 589–600 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00229-012-0584-8
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