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We prove some Bernstein type theorems for entire space-like subma-nifolds in pseudo-Euclidean space and as a corollary, we give a new proof of the Calabi-Pogorelov theorem for Monge-Ampère equations.
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Dedicated To S. S. Chern on the Occasion of his 90Th Birthday
The second-named author thanks the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences for its hospitality and support.