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Dual quadratic differentials and entire minimal graphs in Heisenberg space

Differential Geometry 2020-01-10 v1

Abstract

We define holomorphic quadratic differentials for spacelike surfaces with constant mean curvature in the Lorentzian homogeneous spaces L(κ,τ)\mathbb{L}(\kappa,\tau) with isometry group of dimension 4, which are dual to the Abresch-Rosenberg differentials in the Riemannian counterparts E(κ,τ)\mathbb{E}(\kappa,\tau), and obtain some consequences. On the one hand, we give a very short proof of the Bernstein problem in Heisenberg space, and provide a geometric description of the family of entire graphs sharing the same differential in terms of a 2-parameter conformal deformation. On the other hand, we prove that entire minimal graphs in Heisenberg space have negative Gauss curvature.

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@article{arxiv.1708.06671,
  title  = {Dual quadratic differentials and entire minimal graphs in Heisenberg space},
  author = {José M. Manzano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.06671},
  year   = {2020}
}

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19 pages