The gyroid is embedded and has constant mean curvature companions

The gyroid is a triply periodic minimal surface in the associated family of the SchwarzP- andD-surface. We prove it is embedded and find constant mean curvature companions of the gyroid with small constant mean curvature. We also discuss a surface similar to the gyroid in the associated family of the SchwarzH-surface.

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