The definition of the mean curvature is the average of the principal curvatures. But it is also the average of the normal curvatures in two orthogonal directions, that is,
$$H(p)=\frac12\left(\kappa_n(\theta)+\kappa_n(\theta+\frac{\pi}{2})\right),\ \ (*)$$ where $\kappa_n(\theta)$ is the normal curvature in the direction that makes an angle $\theta$ with a fix direction of the tangent plane.
Suppose again $S_1$ and $S_2$ two surfaces with $p\in S_1\cap S_2$, $T_pS_1=T_pS_2$ and $N_1(p)=N_2(p)$, where $N_i$ are the orientation in each surface $S_i$. Take all normal sections through $p$, that is, the intersection of the planes formed by $N_i(p)$ and the tangent vectors. The set of these planes in both surfaces is the same because $N_1(p)=N_2(p)$. Fix $v\in T_p S_i$ and $\Pi_v$ the corresponding normal section. This plane meets $S_i$ in two curves $\alpha_i^v$. We are computing the normal curvature with respect to the normal (of the curve) coincides with $N_i(p)$ at $p$ and this normal curvature is the curvature of the curve
Suppose that $S_1$ lies above $S_2$ around $p$. Then for each $v\in T_pS_i$, the curve $\alpha_1^v$ lies above $\alpha_2^v$ at $p$. But we know by the theory of curves that the curvature of $\alpha_1^v$ is greater or equal to the one of $\alpha_2^v$ at $p$. Thus, all normal curvatures of $S_1$ at $p$ are greater or equal to the ones of $S_2$ at $p$. We state this remarkable result:
Theorem. Suppose $S_1$ and $S_2$ two surfaces tangent at a point $p$ and that the orientations of the surfaces coincide at $p$, that is, $N_1(p)=N_2(p)$. If $S_1$ lies above $S_2$ around $p$, then for avery $v\in T_pS_i$, we have the inequality
$$\kappa_n^1(v)\geq\kappa_n^2(v).$$
As a consequence, it is immediate from (*)
Theorem. Suppose $S_1$ and $S_2$ two surfaces tangent at a point $p$ and that the orientations of the surfaces coincide at $p$, that is, $N_1(p)=N_2(p)$. If $S_1$ lies above $S_2$ around $p$, then for avery $v\in T_pS_i$, we have the inequality
$$\kappa_n^1(v)\geq\kappa_n^2(v).$$
As a consequence, it is immediate from (*)
Corollary. Suppose $S_1$ and $S_2$ two surfaces tangent at a point $p$ and that the orientations of the surfaces coincide at $p$, that is, $N_1(p)=N_2(p)$. If $S_1$ lies above $S_2$ around $p$, then $H_1(p)\geq H_2(p)$.
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