On totally umbilic submanifolds of semi-Riemannian manifolds

dc.creatorPerlick, Volker
dc.date2005-12-11
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dc.descriptionThe notion of being totally umbilic is considered for non-degenerate and degenerate submanifolds of semi-Riemanian manifolds. After some remarks on the general case, timelike and lightlike totally umbilic submanifolds of Lorentzian manifolds are discussed, along with their physical interpretation in view of general relativity. In particular, the mathematical notion of totally umbilic submanifolds is linked to the notions of photon surfaces and of null strings which have been used in the physics literature.
dc.description7 pages; written version of talk given at World Congress on Nonlinear Analysis 2004, Orlando, Florida
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0512066
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0512066
dc.identifierNonlinear Analysis 63/5-7 (2005) e511-e518
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/105768
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleOn totally umbilic submanifolds of semi-Riemannian manifolds
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