scholarly journals Geometry of isoparametric null hypersurfaces of Lorentzian manifolds

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Ssekajja

We define two types of null hypersurfaces as; isoparametric and quasi isoparametric null hypersurfaces of Lorentzian space forms, based on the two shape operators associated with a null hypersurface. We prove that; on any screen conformal isoparametric null hypersurface, the screen geodesics lie on circles in the ambient space. Furthermore, we prove that the screen distributions of isoparametric (or quasi-parametric) null hypersurfaces with at most two principal curvatures are generally Riemannian products. Several examples are also given to illustrate the main concepts.

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 1173-1203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascual Lucas ◽  
H. Fabian Ramirez-Ospina

Author(s):  
Amrinder Pal Singh ◽  
Cyriaque Atindogbe ◽  
Rakesh Kumar ◽  
Varun Jain

We study null hypersurfaces of a Lorentzian manifold with a closed rigging for the hypersurface. We derive inequalities involving Ricci tensors, scalar curvature, squared mean curvatures for a null hypersurface with a closed rigging of a Lorentzian space form and for a screen homothetic null hypersurface of a Lorentzian manifold. We also establish a generalized Chen–Ricci inequality for a screen homothetic null hypersurface of a Lorentzian manifold with a closed rigging for the hypersurface.


2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Cícero P. Aquino ◽  
Henrique F. de Lima ◽  
Fábio R. dos Santos

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (30) ◽  
pp. 4845-4863 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANGEL FERRÁNDEZ ◽  
ANGEL GIMÉNEZ ◽  
PASCUAL LUCAS

In this paper we introduce a reference along a null curve in an n-dimensional Lorentzian space with the minimum number of curvatures. That reference generalizes the reference of Bonnor for null curves in Minkowski space–time and it is called the Cartan frame of the curve. The associated curvature functions are called the Cartan curvatures of the curve. We characterize the null helices (that is, null curves with constant Cartan curvatures) in n-dimensional Lorentzian space forms and we obtain a complete classification of them in low dimensions.


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