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Improvement of the Bernstein-type theorem for space-like zero mean curvature graphs in Lorentz-Minkowski space using fluid mechanical duality

Differential Geometry 2019-06-26 v2

Abstract

Calabi's Bernstein-type theorem asserts that a zero mean curvature entire graph in Lorentz-Minkowski space L3\boldsymbol L^3 which admits only space-like points is a space-like plane. Using the fluid mechanical duality between minimal surfaces in Euclidean 3-space E3\boldsymbol E^3 and maximal surfaces in Lorentz-Minkowski space L3\boldsymbol L^3, we give an improvement of this Bernstein-type theorem. More precisely, we show that a zero mean curvature entire graph in L3\boldsymbol L^3 which does not admit time-like points (namely, a graph consists of only space-like and light-like points) is a plane.

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@article{arxiv.1904.08046,
  title  = {Improvement of the Bernstein-type theorem for space-like zero mean curvature graphs in Lorentz-Minkowski space using fluid mechanical duality},
  author = {Shintaro Akamine and Masaaki Umehara and Kotaro Yamada},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.08046},
  year   = {2019}
}

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9 pages, 2 figures