On the geometry of null hypersurfaces in Minkowski space

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2013.10.005zbMath1280.53009MaRDI QIDQ391167

Didier A. Solis, Matias Navarro, Oscar Palmas

Publication date: 10 January 2014

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomphys.2013.10.005

zbMATH Keywords

null hypersurfaces; differential-algebraic equations; umbilics; minimal hypersurfaces; principal configurations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53A10: Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature

37C10: Dynamics induced by flows and semiflows

53B25: Local submanifolds

53A35: Non-Euclidean differential geometry

53B30: Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics

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