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abstract: 'We develop a conservation law for constant mean curvature (CMC) surfaces introduced by Korevaar, Kusner and Solomon [@kks], and provide a converse, so as to characterize CMC surfaces by a conservation law.  We work with ‘twizzler’ construction, which applies a screw-motion to some base curve.  We show that, excluding cylinders, CMC helicoidal surfaces can be completely determined by a first-order ODE of the base curve.  Further, we demonstrate that in ${\mathbb{R}}^3$ this condition is equivalent to the treadmillsled characterization of helicoidal CMC surfaces given by Perdomo [@perdomo].' 
author:
- Nick Edelen
bibliography:
- 'references.bib'
date: 'August 12, 2011'
title: 'A conservation approach to helicoidal surfaces of constant mean curvature in ${\mathbb{R}}^3$, $\mathbb{S}^3$ and $\mathbb{H}^3$'
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Introduction
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Conservation Law {#conservation-section}
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Twizzlers in ${\mathbb{R}}^3$, $\mathbb{S}^3$ and $\mathbb{H}^3$ {#twizzler-section}
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Perdomo’s Characterization
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