Timelike surfaces in the Lorentz–Minkowski space with prescribed Gaussian curvature and Gauss map

2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 1357-1369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan A. Aledo ◽  
José M. Espinar ◽  
José A. Gálvez
Keyword(s):  
Minkowski Space ◽  
Gaussian Curvature ◽  
Gauss Map ◽  
Prescribed Gaussian Curvature

ON THE GAUSSIAN CURVATURE OF MAXIMAL SURFACES AND THE CALABI–BERNSTEIN THEOREM

2001 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 454-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIS J. ALÍAS ◽  
BENNETT PALMER
Keyword(s):  
Minkowski Space ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Gaussian Curvature ◽  
Total Curvature ◽  
Local Geometry ◽  
Maximal Surface ◽  
Bernstein Theorem ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Maximal Surfaces

In this paper, a new approach to the Calabi–Bernstein theorem on maximal surfaces in the Lorentz– Minkowski space L3 is introduced. The approach is based on an upper bound for the total curvature of geodesic discs in a maximal surface in L3, involving the local geometry of the surface and its hyperbolic image. As an application of this, a new proof of the Calabi–Bernstein theorem is provided.

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