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Calabi–Bernstein-Type Problems in Lorentzian Geometry

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The study of maximal hypersurfaces in Lorentzian manifolds is an interesting mathematical problem, which connects differential geometry, nonlinear partial differential equations, and certain problems in mathematical relativity. One of the more celebrated results in the context of global geometry of maximal hypersurfaces is the Calabi–Bernstein theorem in the Lorentz–Minkowski spacetime. The nonparametric version of this theorem states that the only entire solutions to the maximal hypersurface equation in the Lorentz–Minkowski spacetime are spacelike affine hyperplanes. The present work reviews some of the classical and recent proofs of the theorem for the two-dimensional case, as well as several extensions for Lorentzian-warped products and other relevant spacetimes. On the other hand, the problem of uniqueness of complete maximal hypersurfaces is analyzed under the perspective of some new results.

The author is partially supported Spanish MINECO and ERDF Project MTM2016-78807-C2-1-P.

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Rubio, R.M. (2017). Calabi–Bernstein-Type Problems in Lorentzian Geometry. In: Cañadas-Pinedo, M., Flores, J., Palomo, F. (eds) Lorentzian Geometry and Related Topics. GELOMA 2016. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 211. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66290-9_12

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