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On extremal semi-Riemannian submanifolds (English)
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5 April 1998
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The author establishes a formula on the second variation of the volume functional for a submanifold of a semi-Riemannian manifold. In particular, it is proved that a semi-Riemannian submanifold cannot be extremal, unless it is both definite and codefinite.
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second variation of the volume functional
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submanifolds of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds
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