On time-like Willmore surfaces in Minkowski space

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2011.05.010zbMath1250.53053OpenAlexW2092619990MaRDI QIDQ719409

Matthias Bergner, Lars Schäfer

Publication date: 10 October 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomphys.2011.05.010

zbMATH Keywords

Minkowski spaceWillmore surfacetime-like surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Second-order hyperbolic systems (35L51) Higher-order semilinear hyperbolic equations (35L76)

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