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Time-like surfaces with zero mean curvature vector in 4-dimensional neutral space forms

Differential Geometry 2023-08-01 v1

Abstract

Let MM be a Lorentz surface and F:MNF:M\rightarrow N a time-like and conformal immersion of MM into a 4-dimensional neutral space form NN with zero mean curvature vector. We see that the curvature KK of the induced metric on MM by FF is identically equal to the constant sectional curvature L0L_0 of NN if and only if the covariant derivatives of both of the time-like twistor lifts are zero or light-like. If KL0K\equiv L_0, then the normal connection \nabla^{\perp} of FF is flat, while the converse is not necessarily true. We see that a holomorphic paracomplex quartic differential QQ on MM defined by FF is zero or null if and only if the covariant derivative of at least one of the time-like twistor lifts is zero or light-like. In addition, we see that KK is identically equal to L0L_0 if and only if not only \nabla^{\perp} is flat but also QQ is zero or null.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2307.15965,
  title  = {Time-like surfaces with zero mean curvature vector in 4-dimensional neutral space forms},
  author = {Naoya Ando},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.15965},
  year   = {2023}
}
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