arXiv research

Authors review CMC spacelike hypersurfaces and new existence results.

We propose an extension of the structure equation for constant mean curvature (CMC) surfaces in a three dimensional Riemannian space form to the associated CMC hierarchy of evolution equations by the higher-order commuting symmetries. Via the canonical formal Killing field, considered as an infinitely prolonged and loo…

Study proves all free boundary CMC annuli are of finite type.

Proves existence of solution to Lichnerowicz equation on non-CMC manifolds.

Proves existence and uniqueness of CMC solutions in product manifolds.

The Kasner metrics are among the simplest solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations, and we use them here to examine the conformal method of finding solutions of the Einstein constraint equations. After describing the conformal method's construction of constant mean curvature (CMC) slices of Kasner spacetimes, we turn…

The paper studies CMC foliations and their conformal aspects on Riemannian manifolds.

We propose an extension of the differential system for constant mean curvature (CMC) surfaces in a three dimensional space form to an associated hierarchy of evolution equations by the higher-order commuting symmetries. The infinite sequence of higher-order conservation laws of CMC surfaces admit the corresponding exte…

We prove the existence and uniqueness of the Dirichlet problem for spacelike, spherically symmetric, constant mean curvature equation with symmetric boundary data in the extended Schwarzschild spacetime. As an application, we completely solve the CMC foliation conjecture which is posted by Malec and O Murchadha in 2003…

The conformal method has been effective for parametrizing solutions to the Einstein constraint equations on closed 3-manifolds. However, it is still not well-understood; for example, existence of solutions to the conformal equations for zero or negative Yamabe metrics is still unknown without the so-called ``CMC'' or `…

The spectral curve correspondence for finite-type solutions of the sinh-Gordon equation describes how they arise from and give rise to hyperelliptic curves with a real structure. Constant mean curvature (CMC) 2-tori in $S ^ 3$ result when these spectral curves satisfy periodicity conditions. We prove that the spectra…

In this dissertation, we prove a number of results regarding the conformal method of finding solutions to the Einstein constraint equations. These results include necessary and sufficient conditions for the Lichnerowicz equation to have solutions, global supersolutions which guarantee solutions to the conformal constra…

New cosmological spacetimes without CMC Cauchy surfaces found.

This thesis constructs cmc 1/2 surfaces from catenoids, proving convergence and solving boundary value problems.

The paper studies how to transform a sequence of cmc planes into a minimal surface.

Paper proves existence of a CMC hypertorus in 4D sphere using numerical methods.

Continuing the previous work, we propose a further extension of the structure equation for a truncated CMC hierarchy by the non-commuting, truncated Virasoro algebra of non-local symmetries. Via a canonical dressing transformation, we first define a wave function for the CMC hierarchy. This leads to a pair of additiona…

The conformal method is a technique for finding Cauchy data in general relativity solving the Einstein constraint equations, and its parameters include a conformal class, a conformal momentum (as measured by a densitized lapse), and a mean curvature. Although the conformal method is successful in generating constant me…

Study CMC hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{H}^2 imes\mathbb{H}^2$ with a specific symmetry.

We prove each embedded, constant mean curvature (CMC) surface in Euclidean space with genus zero and finitely many coplanar ends is nondegenerate: there is no nontrivial square-integrable solution to the Jacobi equation, the linearization of the CMC condition. This implies that the moduli space of such coplanar surface…

We describe some relations between the long-time asymptotic behavior of the vacuum Einstein evolution equations and the geometrization of 3-manifolds. These relations are expressed in terms of evolution of CMC hypersurfaces in the vacuum space-time.Some results are also obtained on the singularity avoidance of CMC foli…

In this paper we analyse semi-linear systems of partial differential equations which are motivated by the conformal formulation of the Einstein constraint equations coupled with realistic physical fields on asymptotically Euclidean (AE) manifolds. In particular, electromagnetic fields give rise to this kind of system. …

It is well-know that Hawking mass is nonnegative for a stable constant mean curvature ($CMC$) sphere in three manifold of nonnegative scalar curvature. R. Bartnik proposed the rigidity problem of Hawking mass of stable $CMC$ spheres. In this paper, we show partial rigidity results of Hawking mass for stable $CMC$ spher…

In this paper we study sets in the $n$-dimensional Heisenberg group $\hhn$ which are critical points, under a volume constraint, of the sub-Riemannian perimeter associated to the distribution of horizontal vector fields in $\hhn$. We define a notion of mean curvature for hypersurfaces and we show that the boundary of a…

We prove nonlinear stability for a large class of solutions to the Einstein equations with a positive cosmological constant and compact spatial topology in arbitrary dimensions, where the spatial metric is Einstein with either positive or negative Einstein constant. The proof uses the CMC Einstein flow and stability fo…

It is shown by several authors going back to Huisken-Yau that asymptotically Schwarzschildean time-slices possess a unique foliation by stable constant mean curvature (CMC) spheres defining the so-called CMC center of mass. We analyze how the leaves of this foliation evolve in time under the Einstein equations. More pr…

Transformations between different analytic descriptions of constant mean curvature (CMC) surfaces are established. In particular, it is demonstrated that the system \[ \begin{split} &\partial ψ_{1} = (|ψ_{1}|^{2} + |ψ_{2}|^{2}) ψ_{2} \\ &\bar{\partial} ψ_{2} =- (|ψ_{1}|^{2} + |ψ_{2}|^{2}) ψ_{1} \end{split} \] descripti…

We complement a recent work on the stability of fixed points of the CMC-Einstein-$Λ$ flow. In particular, we modify the utilized gauge for the Einstein equations and remove a restriction on the fixed points whose stability we are able to prove by this method, and thereby generalize the stability result. In addition, we…

In this paper, we prove a far-from-CMC result similar to the ones obtained by Holst, Nagy, Tsogtgerel and Maxwell for the conformal Einstein-scalar field constraint equations on compact Riemannian manifolds with positive (modified) Yamabe invariant.

This preliminary report studies immersed surfaces of constant mean curvature in $H^3$ through their {\it adjusted Gauss maps} (as harmonic maps in $S^2$) and their {\it adjusted frames} in SU(2). Lawson's correspondence between Euclidean CMC surfaces and their hyperbolic cousins is interpreted here under a different pe…

We give an exhaustive description of bifurcations and of the number of solutions of the vacuum Lichnerowicz equation with positive cosmological constant on $S^1\times S^2$ with $U(1)\times SO(3)$-invariant seed data. The resulting CMC slicings of Schwarzschild-de Sitter and Nariai are described.

Motivated by the beautiful theory and the rich applications of harmonic conformal immersions and conformal immersions of constant mean curvature (CMC) surfaces, we study biharmonic conformal immersions of surfaces into a generic 3-manifold. We first derive an invariant equation for such immersions, we then try to answe…

In this note, we study symmetry of solutions of the elliptic equation \begin{equation*} -Δ_{\mathbb{S}^{2}}u+3=e^{2u}\ \ \hbox{on}\ \ \mathbb{S}^{2}, \end{equation*} that arises in the study of rigidity problem of Hawking mass in general relativity. We provide various conditions under which this equation has only const…

We construct solutions to the constraint equations in general relativity using the limit equation criterion introduced by Dahl, Humbert and the first author. We focus on solutions over compact 3-manifolds admitting a $\bS^1$-symmetry group. When the quotient manifold has genus greater than 2, we obtain strong far from …

In this article, we give nonexistence and nonuniqueness results for the vacuum Einstein conformal constraint equations in the far-from-CMC case and also show that in some cases the equations of the conformal method for positive Yamabe metrics and with TT-tensor $σ$ = 0 have a non-trivial solution, and thus answer a que…

Study on existence and uniqueness of 1-immersions of surfaces into hyperbolic 3-manifolds.

In this paper, we introduce a non linear ODE method to construct CMC surfaces in Riemannian manifolds with symmetry. As an application we construct unstable CMC spheres and outlying CMC spheres in asymptotically Schwarzschild manifolds with metrics like $g_{ij}=(1+\frac{1}{l})^{2}δ_{ij}+O(l^{-2})$. The existence of uns…

In this paper, we prove that the even solution of the mean field equation $Δu=λ(1-e^u)$ on $S^2$ must be axially symmetric when $4<λ\leq 8$. In particular, zero is the only even solution for $λ=6$. This implies the rigidity of Hawking mass for stable constant mean curvature(CMC) sphere with even symmetry.

We establish existence and uniqueness of compact graphs of constant mean curvature in MxR over bounded multiply connected domains of Mx{0} with boundary lying in two parallel horizontal slices of MxR

New CMC surfaces with dihedral symmetry constructed from Darboux transforms.

A version of the Jenkins-Serrin theorem for the existence of CMC graphs over bounded domains with infinite boundary data in Sol$_3$ is proved. Moreover, we construct examples of admissible domains where the results may be applied.

In this paper, we consider very rough solutions to Cauchy problem for the Einstein vacuum equations in CMC spacial harmonic gauge, and obtain the local well-posedness result in $H^s, s>2$. The novelty of our approach lies in that, without resorting to the standard paradifferential regularization over the rough, Einstei…

No proper biharmonic CMC compact hypersurface in a specific warped product space.

Given a vector field $X$ in a Riemannian manifold, a hypersurface is said to have a canonical principal direction relative to $X$ if the projection of $X$ onto the tangent space of the hypersurface gives a principal direction. We give different ways for building these hypersurfaces, as well as a number of useful charac…

The exterior differential system for constant mean curvature (CMC) surfaces in a 3-dimensional space form is an elliptic Monge-Ampere system defined on the unit tangent bundle. We determine the infinite sequence of higher-order symmetries and conservation laws via an enhanced prolongation modelled on a loop algebra val…

Gradient estimates for hyperbolic space CMC equation solved.

Four constructions of constant mean curvature (CMC) hypersurfaces in the (n+1)-sphere are given, which should be considered analogues of `classical' constructions that are possible for CMC hypersurfaces in Euclidean space. First, Delaunay-like hypersurfaces, consisting roughly of a chain of hyperspheres winding multipl…

Study on free-boundary CMC hypersurfaces in upper hemisphere, proving Morse index and eigenvalue bounds.