Regularity of non-characteristic minimal graphs in the Heisenberg group $\mathbb{H}^{1}$

Abstract

Minimal surfaces in the sub-Riemannian Heisenberg group can be constructed by means of a Riemannian approximation scheme, as limit of Riemannian minimal surfaces. We study the regularity of Lipschitz, non-characteristic minimal surfaces which arise as such limits. 
\nOur main results are a-priori estimates on the solutions of the approximating Riemannian PDE and the ensuing C∞ regularity of the sub-Riemannian minimal surface along its Legendrian foliation.