Uniform Approximation by Complete Minimal Surfaces of Finite Total Curvature in ${\mathbb{R}}^3$

An approximation theorem for minimal surfaces by complete minimal surfaces of finite total curvature in ${\mathbb{R}}^3$ is obtained. This Mergelyan type result can be extended to the family of complete minimal surfaces of weak finite total curvature, that is to say, having finite total curvature on proper regions of finite conformal type. We deal only with the orientable case.