Constant mean curvature foliations of flat space-times (Q1811418)

Let \(V\) be a maximal globally hyperbolic flat \((n+1)\)-dimensional space-time with compact Cauchy surface \(M\) of hyperbolic type. It is shown that \(V\) is globally foliated by constant mean curvature hypersurfaces \(M_\tau\), with mean curvature \(\tau\) taking all values in \((-\infty,0)\). For \(n\geq 3\), the inequality \(\tau^n\text{Vol}(M,g)\geq n^n\text{Vol}(M,g_0)\) is established, where \(g\) and \(g_0\) are the induced metric and the hyperbolic metric on \(M\), resp. Equality holds if and only if \((M,g)\) is isometric to \((M,g_0)\).