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Bernstein-type theorem for zero mean curvature hypersurfaces without time-like points in Lorentz-Minkowski space

Differential Geometry 2019-07-23 v3

Abstract

Calabi and Cheng-Yau's Bernstein-type theorem asserts that an entire zero mean curvature graph in Lorentz-Minkowski (n+1)(n+1)-space R1n+1\boldsymbol R^{n+1}_1 which admits only space-like points is a hyperplane. Recently, the third and fourth authors proved a line theorem for hypersurfaces at their degenerate light-like points. Using this, we give an improvement of the Bernstein-type theorem, and we show that an entire zero mean curvature graph in R1n+1\boldsymbol R^{n+1}_1 consisting only of space-like or light-like points is a hyperplane. This is a generalization of the first, third and fourth authors' previous result for n=2n=2.

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@article{arxiv.1907.01754,
  title  = {Bernstein-type theorem for zero mean curvature hypersurfaces without time-like points in Lorentz-Minkowski space},
  author = {Shintaro Akamine and Atsufumi Honda and Masaaki Umehara and Kotaro Yamada},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.01754},
  year   = {2019}
}

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