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Let $V$ be a maximal globally hyperbolic flat $n+1$--dimensional space--time with compact Cauchy surface of hyperbolic type. We prove that $V$ is globally foliated by constant mean curvature hypersurfaces $M_{\tau}$, with mean curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Lars Andersson

This paper gives a new proof that maximal, globally hyperbolic, flat spacetimes of dimension $n\geq 3$ with compact Cauchy hypersurfaces are globally foliated by Cauchy hypersurfaces of constant mean curvature, and that such spacetimes…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Lars Andersson , Thierry Barbot , Francois Beguin , Abdelghani Zeghib

One of the central difficulties of settling the $L^2$-bounded curvature conjecture for the Einstein -Vacuum equations is to be able to control the causal structure of spacetimes with such limited regularity. In this paper we show how to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Sergiu Klainerman , Igor Rodnianski

This work investigates some global questions about cosmological spacetimes with two dimensional spherical, plane and hyperbolic symmetry containing matter. The result is, that these spacetimes admit a global foliation by prescribed mean…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Oliver Henkel

In this paper, we consider the evolution of spacelike graphic hypersurfaces defined over a convex piece of hyperbolic plane $\mathscr{H}^{n}(1)$, of center at origin and radius $1$, in the $(n+1)$-dimensional Lorentz-Minkowski space…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-06-14 Ya Gao , Jing Mao

Generalizing a theorem of Huang, Cheng and Wan classified the complete hypersurfaces of $\mathbb R^4$ with non-zero constant mean curvature and constant scalar curvature. In our work, we obtain results of this nature in higher dimensions.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-06-03 Roberto Alonso Núñez

Benedetti and Guadagnini have conjectured that the marked lenght spectrum of the constant mean curvature foliation $M_\tau$ in a 2+1 dimensional flat spacetime $V$ with compact hyperbolic Cauchy surfaces converges, in the direction of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Lars Andersson

We show that the boundaries of thin strongly pseudoconvex Grauert tubes, with respect to the Guillemin-Stenzel K\"{a}hler metric canonically associated with the Poincar\'e metric on closed hyperbolic real-analytic surfaces, has nowhere…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2019-04-24 Wei Guo Foo , Joel Merker , The-Anh Ta

In this paper we give a complete local parametric classification of the hypersurfaces with dimension at least three of a space form that carry a totally geodesic foliation of codimension one. A classification under the assumption that the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-03-22 Marcos Dajczer , Ruy Tojeiro

We prove the existence of foliations by area-minimizing hypersurfaces in asymptotically flat (AF) manifolds with arbitrary dimension and arbitrary ends. Also we provide behaviors of those hypersurfaces near the infinity of AF ends and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Shihang He , Yuguang Shi , Haobin Yu

In this work, we consider a specific space of foliations with $C^1$ leaves and H\"older holonomies of the square $M=[0,1]^2$, with some topology and we show that a generic such foliation is non-absolutely continuous, furthermore, the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-05-01 Enzo Fuentes

In this paper, by combining techniques from Ricci flow and algebraic geometry, we prove the following generalization of the classical uniformization theorem of Riemann surfaces. Given a complete noncompact complex two dimensional K\"ahler…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bing-Long Chen , Siu-Hung Tang , Xi-Ping Zhu

In a recent work, Galloway [9] proved a local foliation theorem by MOTSs for a 3-dimensional initial data set $(M,g,K)$ with mean curvature $\tau\le0$ in a 4-dimensional spacetime $(\overline M,\overline g)$ when (under suitable…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-05 Abraão Mendes

We use variational arguments to introduce a notion of mean curvature for surfaces in the Heisenberg group H^1 endowed with its Carnot-Carath\'eodory distance. By analyzing the first variation of area, we characterize C^2 stationary surfaces…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Manuel Ritoré , César Rosales

There are examples of complete spacelike surfaces in the Lorentzian product $\mathbb{H}^2\times\mathbb{R}_1$ with constant Gaussian curvature $K\leq -1$. In this paper, we show that there exists no complete spacelike surface in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-08-25 Alma L. Albujer , Luis J. Alias

A recent paper \cite{Bousso:2022cun} put forward a theorem showing that hyperentropic surface would result in incomplete null generators for a null hypersurface emanating from the surface provided it satisfies the null curvature condition…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-09 Vaibhav Kalvakota

We exploit an arbitrary extrinsic time foliation of spacetime to solve the constraints in spherically symmetric general relativity. Among such foliations there is a one parameter family, linear and homogeneous in the extrinsic curvature,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 Jemal Guven , Niall O Murchadha

We prove a version of the strong half-space theorem between the classes of recurrent minimal surfaces and complete minimal surfaces with bounded curvature of $\mathbb{R}^{3}_{\raisepunct{.}}$ We also show that any minimal hypersurface…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-04-06 G. Pacelli Bessa , Luquesio P. Jorge , Leandro Pessoa

We generalize classical theorems due to Lichnerowicz and Hitchin on the existence of Riemannian metrics of positive scalar curvature on spin manifolds to the case of foliated spin manifolds. As a consequence, we show that there is no…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-02-08 Weiping Zhang

We investigate complete minimal hypersurfaces in the Euclidean space $% \ {R}^{4}$, with Gauss-Kronecker curvature identically zero. We prove that, if $f:M^{3}\to {R}^{4}$ is a complete minimal hypersurface with Gauss-Kronecker curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 T. Hasanis , A. Savas-Halilaj , T. Vlachos