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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0723.00022.] Let \(E^ m_ s\) be the \(m\)-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space of signature \((s,m-s)\). A submanifold \(M\) of \(E^ m_ s\) is said to be a space-like submanifold if the pseudo-Riemannian metric \(g\) of \(E^ m_ s\) induces a Riemannian metric on \(M\). Let \(S^{m-1}_ s(c,r)\) be the set \(\{x\in E^ m_ s\mid\langle x-c,x-c\rangle=r^ 2\}\), where \(\langle ; \rangle\) denotes the indefinite inner product, c is a fixed point in \(E^ m_ s\) and \(r>0\). A space-like surface \(M\) in \(E^ 3_ 1\) is called a surface of null 2-type if the position vector \(x\) of \(M\) has the form \(x=x_ 0+x_ q\) with \(\Delta x_ 0=0\), \(\Delta x_ q=\lambda x_ q\), for some non-constant vector fields \(x_ 0\), \(x_ q\), where \(\lambda\) is a non-zero constant and \(\Delta f\) is the Laplacian of \(f\). It is known that null 2-type surfaces in \(E^ 3\) are circular cylinders [ \textit{B. Y. Chen}, Kodai Math. J. 11, No. 2, 295-299 (1988; Zbl 0657.53002)]. This paper contains a pseudo-Riemannian version of this problem. The author finds a similar result for space-like surfaces. He also proves the following theorem: Let \(M\) be a null 2-type space-like surface in \(S^ 3_ 1=S^ 3_ 1(0,1)\); then either \(M\) is minimal in \(S^ 3_ 1\) or minimal in \(S^ 3_ 1(a,r)\) for some \(a\) and \(r\).