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We give a different formulation for describing maximal surfaces in Lorentz-Minkowski space, $\mathbb{L}^3$, using the identification of $\mathbb L^3$ with $\mathbb C\times \mathbb R$. Further we give a different proof for the singular…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-03-16 Rukmini Dey , Pradip Kumar , Rahul Kumar Singh

In this paper, we prove Bernstein type theorems for entire convex graphical hypersurfaces with zero Gaussian curvature in both Euclidean and Minkowski context. A supplementary example illustrates that zero Gaussian convex spacelike…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Slawomir Dinew , Mengru Guo , Heming Jiao

In this work we introduce the notion of constant angle null hypersurface of a Lorentzian manifold with respect to a given ambient vector field. We analyze the case in which the vector field is closed and conformal, thus finding that such…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-03-07 Samuel Chable-Naal , Matias Navarro , Didier A Solis

The rigidity of the positive mass theorem states that the only complete asymptotically flat manifold of nonnegative scalar curvature and zero mass is Euclidean space. We prove a corresponding stability theorem for spaces that can be…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-19 Lan-Hsuan Huang , Dan A. Lee

In this note, we generalize Gromov's reduction \cite{Gro20} from the aspherical conjecture to the generalized filling radius conjecture to the smooth $\mathbb Q$-homology vanishing conjecture for hypersurface. In particular, we can show…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-09-20 Shihang He , Jintian Zhu

The Null Surface Formulation of General Relativity is developed for 2+1 dimensional gravity. The geometrical meaning of the metricity condition is analyzed and two approaches to the derivation of the field equations are presented. One…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Diego M. Forni , Mirta Iriondo , Carlos N. Kozameh

The problem of existence of spacelike hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature in asymptotically flat spacetimes is considered for a class of asymptotically Schwarzschild spacetimes satisfying an interior condition. Using a barrier…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Lars Andersson , Mirta S. Iriondo

A necessary condition for a globally hyperbolic spacetime ${\mathbb R}\times \Sigma$ to admit a maximal slice is that the Cauchy slice $\Sigma$ admit a metric with nonnegative scalar curvature, $R\ge 0$. In this paper, the two cases…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-08-25 Donald M. Witt

In this paper, we establish that a four-dimensional static vacuum asymptotically flat spacetime containing a massive particle sphere is isometric to the Schwarzschild spacetime. Our results expand upon existing uniqueness theorems for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-24 Kirill Kobialko , Igor Bogush , Dmitri Gal'tsov

We introduce two classes of null hypersurfaces of an indefinite Sasakian manifold, $(\overline{M}, \overline{\phi},\zeta, \eta)$, tangent to the characteristic vector field $\zeta$, called; {\it contact screen conformal} and {\it contact…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-07-15 Samuel Ssekajja

We prove that the maximal development of any spherically symmetric spacetime with collisionless matter (obeying the Vlasov equation) or a massless scalar field (obeying the massless wave equation) and possessing a constant mean curvature…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-19 Gregory A. Burnett , Alan D. Rendall

We discuss some recent results in the quest to implement the holographic principle in asymptotically flat spacetimes. In particular we introduce the key ingredients of the candidate dual theory which lives at null infinity and it is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Claudio Dappiaggi

The main objective of this paper is to control the geometry of null cones with time foliation in Einstein vacuum spacetime under the assumptions of small curvature flux and a weaker condition on the deformation tensor for $\bT$. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-07-02 Qian Wang

We consider a class of globally hyperbolic space-times with "expanding singularities". Under suitable assumptions we show that no $C^0$-extensions across a compact boundary exist, while the boundary must be null wherever differentiable…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-14 Piotr T. Chruściel , Paul Klinger

Some analysis on the Lorentzian distance in a spacetime with controlled sectional (or Ricci) curvatures is done. In particular, we focus on the study of the restriction of such distance to a spacelike hypersurface satisfying the Omori-Yau…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-02-16 Luis J. Alias , Ana Hurtado , Vicente Palmer

We study minimal hypersurfaces in manifolds of non-negative Ricci curvature, Euclidean volume growth and quadratic curvature decay at infinity. By comparison with capped spherical cones, we identify a precise borderline for the Ricci…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-05-18 Qi Ding , J. Jost , Y. L. Xin

We prove a limit curve theorem for incomplete metric spaces. Our main application is to Sormani and Vegas' null distance, where our results give strong control on the Lorentzian lengths of limit curves. We also show that regular…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Adam Rennie , Ben Whale

We consider polyhedra and 4-polytopes in Minkowski spacetime - in particular, null polyhedra with zero volume, and 4-polytopes that have such polyhedra as their hyperfaces. We present the basic properties of several classes of null-faced…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-01-09 Yasha Neiman

No Hopf-Rinow Theorem is possible in Lorentzian Geometry. Nonetheless, we prove that a spacetime is globally hyperbolic if and only if it is metrically complete with respect to the null distance of a time function. Our approach is based on…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-04 Annegret Burtscher , Leonardo García-Heveling

We prove the existence of rotational hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{H}^n\times \mathbb{R}$ with $H_{r+1}=0$ and we classify them. Then we prove some uniqueness theorems for $r$-minimal hypersurfaces with a given (finite or asymptotic) boundary.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-08-13 Maria Fernanda Elbert , Barbara Nelli , Walcy Santos