Maximal annuli with parallel planar boundaries in the 3-dimensional Lorentz-Minkowski space

Abstract

We prove that maximal annuli in ${\mathbb{L}}^3$ bounded by circles, straight lines or cone points in a pair of parallel spacelike planes are part of either a Lorentzian catenoid or a Lorentzian Riemann's example. We show that under the same boundary condition, the same conclusion holds even when the maximal annuli have a planar end. Moreover, we extend Shiffman's convexity result to maximal annuli but by using Perron's method we construct a maximal annulus with a planar end where Shiffman type result fails.

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