On maximal surfaces in asymptotically flat space-times

DOI10.1007/BF02099876zbMath0703.53053MaRDI QIDQ916112

Robert Bartnik, Piotr T. Chrusciel, Niall Ó Murchadha

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Lorentzian manifold; mean curvature; singularity theorems; Einstein vacuum evolution; maximal slices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83C75: Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc.

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

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