Kragujevac J. Math. 28 - 5 Kragujevac J. Math. 28 (2005) 69-85.

OPTIMAL INEQUALITIES FOR EMBEDDED SPACE-TIMES

Stefan Haesen

Department of Mathematics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Celestijnenlaan 200B, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
(e-mail: Stefan.Haesen@wis.kuleuven.ac.be )

Abstract. In the search for ideally embedded space-times we present an optimal inequality for a m-dimensional Riemannian or Lorentzian manifold embedded as a hypersurface in a (m+1)-dimensional Ricci flat space. We give some examples and discuss its applications in higher-dimensional physics.