Simple proof of Calabi-Bernstein’s Theorem on maximal surfaces

DOI10.1090/S0002-9939-96-03596-4zbMath0853.53042MaRDI QIDQ4875593

Alfonso Romero

Publication date: 9 January 1997

Published in: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

maximal surface; Lorentz-Minkowski space; entire maximal graph

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C42: Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.)

53C50: Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics

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• Maximal surfaces in the 3-dimensional Minkowski space \(L^ 3\)
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• Generalized maximal surfaces in Lorentz–Minkowski space L³