Invariants and quasi-umbilicity of timelike surfaces in Minkowski space \(\mathbb R^{3,1}\)

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2012.03.008zbMath1261.53019MaRDI QIDQ423700

Federico Sánchez-Bringas, Pierre Bayard

Publication date: 4 June 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomphys.2012.03.008

zbMATH Keywords

Minkowski space; time-like surfaces; quasi-umbilic surfaces; second order invariants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C12: Foliations (differential geometric aspects)

53B25: Local submanifolds

53A55: Differential invariants (local theory), geometric objects

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

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Timelike surfaces in Minkowski space with a canonical null direction

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