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Time-like surfaces with zero mean curvature vector in 4-dimensional neutral space forms

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Naoya Ando
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8268-1513

Abstract

Let M be a Lorentz surface and F:M→N a time-like and conformal immersion of M into a 4-dimensional neutral space form N with zero mean curvature vector. We show that the curvature K of the induced metric on M by F is identically equal to the constant sectional curvature L0 of N if and only if the covariant derivatives of both of the time-like twistor lifts are zero or light-like. If K≡L0, then the normal connection ∇ of F is flat, while the converse is not necessarily true. We also prove that a holomorphic paracomplex quartic differential Q on M defined by F is zero or null if and only if the covariant derivative of at least one of the time-like twistor lifts is zero or light-like. In addition, we get that K is identically equal to L0 if and only if not only ∇ is flat but also Q is zero or null

Keywords:
time-like surface, zero mean curvature vector, time-like twistor lift, paracomplex quartic differential, normal connection

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How to Cite
Ando, N. (2024). Time-like surfaces with zero mean curvature vector in 4-dimensional neutral space forms. Proceedings of the International Geometry Center, 17(1), 36-55. https://doi.org/10.15673/pigc.v17i1.2585
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Author Biography

Naoya Ando, Kumamoto University, Japan

Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology,  Kumamoto University,  2--39--1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860--8555 Japan