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We obtain descriptions for the classes of maximal graph surfaces on four-dimensional two-step sub-Lorentzian structures. In particular, we deduce maximality conditions in terms of sub-Lorentzian mean curvature.
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The author was partially supported by the Government of the Russian Federation (Grant 14.B25.31.0029).
Novosibirsk. Translated from Sibirskiĭ Matematicheskiĭ Zhurnal, Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 350–363, March–April, 2016; DOI: 10.17377/smzh.2016.57.210.
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Karmanova, M.B. Maximal graph surfaces on four-dimensional two-step sub-Lorentzian structures. Sib Math J 57, 274–284 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0037446616020105
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0037446616020105