Björling problem for space-like, zero mean curvature surfaces in L^4

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2005.01.006MaRDI QIDQ2581850zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors José Antonio M. Vilhena, Antonio C. Asperti

Publication date 10 January 2006

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomphys.2005.01.006

zbMATH Keywords

Lorentz-Minkowski spaceminimal surfacessymmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

Review text

In 1844 E. G. Björling asked whether, given an analytic strip in Euclidean space \(\mathbb{E}^3\), it is possible to construct explicitly a minimal surface in \(\mathbb{E}^3\) containing that strip in its interior. The question, known as Björling problem for minimal surfaces, was solved in 1890 by H. A. Schwarz, by means of a complex variable formula which describes minimal surfaces in terms of analytic strips. In the present paper the authors extend and solve the Björling problem for space-like zero mean curvature surfaces in the Lorentz-Minkowski four dimensional space \(\mathbb{L}^4\). As an application they establish symmetry principles for this class of surfaces in \(\mathbb{L}^4\) and construct new examples.

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