Communications of the
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Commun. Korean Math. Soc. 2018; 33(1): 305-315

Online first article November 30, 2017      Printed January 31, 2018

https://doi.org/10.4134/CKMS.c170128

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A note on lightlike hypersurfaces of a GRW space-time

Tae Ho Kang

University of Ulsan

Abstract

This note provides a study of lightlike hypersurfaces of a generalized Robertson-Walker(GRW) space-time with a certain screen distribution, which are integrable and have good properties. Focus is to investigate geometric features from the relation of the second fundamental forms between lightlike hypersurfaces and leaves of the integrable screen distribution. Also, we shall apply those results on lightlike hypersurfaces of a GRW space-time to lightlike hypersurfaces of a Robertson-Walker(RW) space-time.

Keywords: lightlike hypersurface, spacelike slice, (generalized) Robertson-Walker space-times, totally umbilical, totally geodesic

MSC numbers: 53B25, 53C40, 53C50