Graphic Bernstein Results in Curved Pseudo-Riemannian Manifolds
Abstract
We generalize a Bernstein-type result due to Albujer and Al\'ias, for maximal surfaces in a curved Lorentzian product 3-manifold of the form , to higher dimension and codimension. We consider a complete spacelike graphic submanifold with parallel mean curvature, defined by a map between two Riemannian manifolds and of sectional curvatures and , respectively. We take on the pseudo-Riemannian product metric . Under the curvature conditions, and , we prove that, if the second fundamental form of satisfies an integrability condition, then is totally geodesic, and it is a slice if at some point. For bounded , and hyperbolic angle , we conclude must be maximal. If is a maximal surface and , we show is totally geodesic with no need for further assumptions. Furthermore, is a slice if at some point , , and if is flat and at some point , then the image of lies on a geodesic of .
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@article{arxiv.0801.3850,
title = {Graphic Bernstein Results in Curved Pseudo-Riemannian Manifolds},
author = {Guanghan Li and Isabel M. C. Salavessa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.3850},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in the Journal of Geometry and Physics. Final version: Some simplifications, improvements and reorganization. In version 3, we replace the condition $K_1\geq 0$ by the weaker condition $Ricci_1\geq 0$. The proofs are essentially the same