Entire spacelike hypersurfaces of prescribed scalar curvature in Minkowski space

We prove existence and uniqueness of entire spacelike hypersurfaces in the Minkowski space with prescribed negative scalar curvature, and with given values at infinity which stay at a bounded distance of a lightcone. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 35J60, 53C50     

Singularities of lightcone Gauss images of spacelike hypersurfaces in de Sitter space

We define the notions of lightcone Gauss images of spacelike hypersurfaces in de Sitter space. We investigate the relationships between singularities of these maps and geometric properties of spacelike hypersurfaces as an application of the theory of Legendrian singularities. We classify the singularities and give some examples in the generic case in de Sitter 3-space.     

Spacelike submanifolds of codimension two in anti-de Sitter space

In this paper, we study spacelike submanifolds of codimension two in anti-de Sitter space from the viewpoint of Legendrian singularity theory. We introduce the notion of the anti-de Sitter normalized Gauss map which is a generalization of the ordinary notion of Gauss map of hypersurfaces in Euclidean space. We also introduce the AdS-normalized Gauss–Kronecker curvature for a spacelike submanifold of codimention two in anti-de Sitter space. In the local sense, this curvature describes the contact of submanifolds with some model surfaces.     

On the curvatures of bounded complete spacelike hypersurfaces in the Lorentz–Minkowski space

In this paper we characterize the spacelike hyperplanes in the Lorentz–Minkowski space L ^{n +1} as the only complete spacelike hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature which are bounded between two parallel spacelike hyperplanes. In the same way, we prove that the only complete spacelike hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature in L ^{n +1} which are bounded between two concentric hyperbolic spaces are the hyperbolic spaces. Finally, we obtain some a priori estimates for the higher order mean curvatures, the scalar curvature and the Ricci curvature of a complete spacelike hypersurface in L ^{n +1} which is bounded by a hyperbolic space. Our results will be an application of a maximum principle due to Omori and Yau, and of a generalization of it. Received: 5 July 1999     

Total lightcone curvatures of spacelike submanifolds in Lorentz–Minkowski space

We introduce the totally absolute lightcone curvature for a spacelike submanifold with general codimension and investigate global properties of this curvature. One of the consequences is that the Chern–Lashof type inequality holds. Then the notion of lightlike tightness is naturally induced.     

On spacelike hypersurfaces with constant scalar curvature in locally symmetric Lorentz spaces

The purpose of this paper is to study compact or complete spacelike hypersurfaces with constant normalized scalar curvature in a locally symmetric Lorentz space satisfying some curvature conditions. We give an optimal estimate of the squared norm of the second fundamental form of such hypersurfaces. Furthermore, the totally umbilical hypersurfaces are characterized.     

Variational properties of the Gauss–Bonnet curvatures

The Gauss–Bonnet curvature of order 2k is a generalization to higher dimensions of the Gauss–Bonnet integrand in dimension 2k, as the scalar curvature generalizes the two dimensional Gauss–Bonnet integrand. In this paper, we evaluate the first variation of the integrals of these curvatures seen as functionals on the space of all Riemannian metrics on the manifold under consideration. An important property of this derivative is that it depends only on the curvature tensor and not on its covariant derivatives. We show that the critical points of this functional once restricted to metrics with unit volume are generalized Einstein metrics and once restricted to a pointwise conformal class of metrics are metrics with constant Gauss–Bonnet curvature.     

在Sn1+1空间中具有常数量曲率的类空超曲面的高斯映射

在这篇文章中,我们研究在de Sitter空间中具有非负常值的第r个平均曲率的紧致的类空超曲面.我们证明了在合适的条件下紧致的类空超曲面是全脐的.     

Lightlike surfaces of spacelike curves in de Sitter 3-space

The Lorentzian space form with the positive curvature is called de Sitter space which is an important subject in the theory of relativity. In this paper we consider spacelike curves in de Sitter 3-space. We define the notion of lightlike surfaces of spacelike curves in de Sitter 3-space. We investigate the geometric meanings of the singularities of such surfaces. Work partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for formation of COE. ‘Mathematics of Nonlinear Structure via Singularities’     

Spacelike Hypersurfaces with Constant Scalar Curvature in the Lorentz–Minkowski Space

We show that the only compact spacelike hypersurfaces in the Lorentz–Minkowski space Lⁿ⁺¹ having nonzero constant scalar curvature and spherical boundary are the hyperbolic caps (with negative constant scalar curvature). One key ingredient in our proof will be an integral formula for the n-dimensional volume enclosed by the boundary of a compact spacelike hypersurface, in the case where the boundary is contained in a hyperplane of Lⁿ⁺¹. As a direct application of that integral formula we also derive an interesting result for the volume of spacelike hypersurfaces.     

Complete spacelike hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature in anti-de Sitter space

In this paper, we investigate the complete spacelike hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature and two distinct principal curvatures in an anti-de Sitter space. We give a characterization of hyperbolic cylinder and prove the conjecture in a paper by L. F. Cao and G. X. Wei [J. Math. Anal. Appl., 2007, 329(1): 408–414].     

Lorentz-Minkowski空间中的乘积空间R~k×H~(n-k)

本文的主要结果是:Lorentz-Minkowski空间中介于两个同心伪圆柱面之间的完备、类空、常平均曲率超曲面必为伪圆柱面,即乘积空间R~k×H~(n-k)．对于常高阶平均曲率的情况,如果截曲率有下界,那么介于两个同心伪球面之间的完备类空超曲面必为伪球面．     

On the complete linear Weingarten spacelike hypersurfaces with two distinct principal curvatures in Lorentzian space forms

We deal with complete linear Weingarten spacelike hypersurfaces immersed in a Lorentzian space form, having two distinct principal curvatures. In this setting, we show that such a spacelike hypersurface must be isometric to a certain isoparametric hypersurface of the ambient space, under suitable restrictions on the values of the mean curvature and of the norm of the traceless part of its second fundamental form. Our approach is based on the use of a Simons type formula related to an appropriated Cheng–Yau modified operator jointly with some generalized maximum principles.     

A Bernstein theorem for complete spacelike constant mean curvature hypersurfaces in Minkowski space

We obtain a gradient estimate for the Gauss maps from complete spacelike constant mean curvature hypersurfaces in Minkowski space into the hyperbolic space. As an application, we prove a Bernstein theorem which says that if the image of the Gauss map is bounded from one side, then the spacelike constant mean curvature hypersurface must be linear. This result extends the previous theorems obtained by B. Palmer [Pa] and Y.L. Xin [Xin1] where they assume that the image of the Gauss map is bounded. We also prove a Bernstein theorem for spacelike complete surfaces with parallel mean curvature vector in four-dimensional spaces. Received July 4, 1997 / Accepted October 9, 1997     

Curvature Estimates of Hypersurfaces in the Minkowski Space

A class of curvature estimates of spacelike admissible hypersurfaces related to translating solitons of the higher order mean curvature flow in the Minkowski space is obtained,which may ofer an idea to study an open question of the existence of hypersurfaces with the prescribed higher mean curvature in the Minkowski space.     

On the geometry of conformally stationary Lorentz spaces

We study several aspects of the geometry of conformally stationary Lorentz manifolds, and particularly of GRW spaces, due to the presence of a closed conformal vector field. More precisely, we begin by extending a result of J. Simons on the minimality of cones in Euclidean space to these spaces, and apply it to the construction of complete, noncompact minimal Lorentz submanifolds of both de Sitter and anti-de Sitter spaces. Then we state and prove very general Bernstein-type theorems for spacelike hypersurfaces in conformally stationary Lorentz manifolds, one of which not assuming the hypersurface to be of constant mean curvature. Finally, we study the strong r-stability of spacelike hypersurfaces of constant r-th mean curvature in a conformally stationary Lorentz manifold of constant sectional curvature, extending previous results in the current literature.     

New Characterizations of Compact Totally Umbilical Spacelike Surfaces in 4-Dimensional Lorentz–Minkowski Spacetime Through a Lightcone

On each spacelike surface through the lightcone in 4-dimensional Lorentz–Minkowski spacetime, there exists an Artinian normal frame which contains the position vector field. In this way, a (globally defined) lightlike normal vector field, with nontrivial extrinsic meaning, is chosen on the surface. When the second fundamental form respect to that normal direction is non-degenerate, a new formula which relates the Gauss curvature of the induced metric and the Gauss curvature of this normal metric is obtained. Then, the totally umbilical round spheres are characterized as the only compact spacelike surfaces through the lightcone whose normal metric has constant Gauss curvature two. Such surfaces are also distinguished in terms of the Gauss–Kronecker curvature of that lightlike normal direction, of the area of the normal metric and of the first non-trivial eigenvalue of the Laplacian of the induced metric.     

Complete Linear Weingarten Spacelike Hypersurfaces Immersed in a Locally Symmetric Lorentz Space

In this paper, we establish a characterization theorem concerning the complete linear Weingarten spacelike hypersurfaces immersed in a locally symmetric Lorentz space, whose sectional curvature is supposed to obey certain appropriated conditions. Under a suitable restriction on the length of the second fundamental form, we prove that a such spacelike hypersurface must be either totally umbilical or an isoparametric hypersurface with two distinct principal curvatures one of which is simple.     

Hypersurfaces with constant inner curvature of the second fundamental form,and the non-rigidity of the sphere

We classify the hypersurfaces of revolution in euclidean space whose second fundamental form defines an abstract pseudo-Riemannian metric of constant sectional curvature. In particular we find such piecewise analytic hypersurfaces of classC ² where the second fundamental form defines a complete space of constant positive, zero, or negative curvature. Among them there are closed convex hypersurfaces distinct from spheres, in contrast to a theorem of R. Schneider (Proc. AMS 35, 230–233, (1972)) saying that such a hypersurface of classC ⁴ has to be a round sphere. In particular, the sphere is notII-rigid in the class of all convexC ²-hypersurfaces.     

有界F-支撑函数和类空Wulff形

给定H_+~n上适合凸条件的正函数F,对L~(n+1)中具有非退化Gauss映射的类空超曲面引入了Θ_F曲率.对适当的F,本文证得:具有常Θ_F曲率,且F-支撑函数介于两个负常数之间的类空超曲面必是类空Wulff形.在F=1的情况下,对H_i/H_n为常数的类空超曲面也建立了类似的唯一性结果.