Foliations of asymptotically flat manifolds by surfaces of Willmore type (Q537864): Difference between revisions

In the frame of the study of the foliations of asymptotically flat manifolds, the authors are interested in constructing embedded spheres \(\Sigma\) in a Riemannian manifold \((M,g)\) which satisfy the equation: \(- \Delta H -H |\AA|^{2} - ^{M}\)Rc\((\nu, \nu)H = \lambda H\), where \(H\) is the mean curvature of \(\Sigma\), \(\AA = A- \frac{1}{2}H \gamma\) (\(\gamma\) is the induced metric on \( \Sigma\)), \(^{M}\)Rc is the Ricci curvature of \(M\) and \(\Delta \) is the Laplace-Beltrami operator on \( \Sigma\). The authors argue that the above equation is the most natural equation to consider when defining a geometric center of the Hawking mass. The preliminaries necessary for the understanding of their interesting results, discussions and other points of view on the subject are also presented.