A generalization of the concept of constant mean curvature and canonical time

DOI10.1007/BF00762636zbMath0421.53045MaRDI QIDQ1133186

Andrew John Goddard

Publication date: 1977

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

constant mean curvaturearea functionalachronal hypersurfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces and optimization (49Q05) General relativity (83C99) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80)

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