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= Solution

A <minimal surface> has zero <mean curvature> $H=(k_1+k_2)/2$; equivalently its area is stationary under compactly supported normal variations. Its <principal curvatures> satisfy $k_2=-k_1$, so its <Gaussian curvature> is
$$
\boxed{K=k_1k_2=-k_1^2\le0.}
$$
Equality occurs precisely where its <second fundamental form> vanishes.

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