Linear Weingarten surfaces foliated by circles in Minkowski space
Minkowski space, Weingarten equation, foliation planes, differential geometry.
In this work, we study spacelike surfaces in Minkowski space $\mathbb{E}^3_1$ and that satisfying the Weingarten linear equation of the type $aH+bK=c$, where $a,b$ and $c$ are constants and $H$ e $K$ denotes, respectively, the mean curvature and $K$ the Gaussian curvature of the surface. We show that if these surfaces are foliated by circles in parallel planes and ($H\neq0$ and $K\neq0$), then these surfaces must be surfaces of revolution. Furthermore, we show that if a spacelike surface satisfies the Weingarten linear equation and is foliated by circles in planes that are not parallel, then this surface is pseudohyperbolic.