On maximal spacelike submanifolds (Q1299949)

Let \(N^{n+p}_p(C)\) denote an \((n+p)\)-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian manifold of constant curvature \(C\) with index \(p\). The author proves the following results. Theorem 1. There is no compact maximal spacelike submanifold with positive sectional curvature in \(N^{n+p}_p(C)\) with \(C<0\). Theorem 2. Let \(M^n\) be a complete spacelike submanifold in \(N^{n+p}_p(C)\) with \(C<0\). If the supremum of the sectional curvature of \(M^n\) is less than or equal to \((1+a)C/a\), then \(M^n\) is totally geodesic, where \(a\) is a positive real number.