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Beyond the Space-Time Boundary

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-11-27 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

In General Relativity a space-time MM is regarded singular if there is an obstacle that prevents an incomplete curve in MM to be continued. Usually, such a space-time is completed to form Mˉ=MM\bar{M} = M \cup \partial M where M\partial M is a singular boundary of MM. The standard geometric tools on MM do not allow "to cross the boundary". However, the so-called Synthetic Differential Geometry (SDG), a categorical version of standard differential geometry based on intuitionistic logic, has at its disposal tools permitting doing so. Owing to the existence of infinitesimals one is able to penetrate "germs of manifolds" that are not visible from the standard perspective. We present a simple model showing what happens "beyond the boundary" and when the singularity is finally attained. The model is purely mathematical and is mathematically rigorous but it does not pretend to refer to the physical universe.

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@article{arxiv.1711.09027,
  title  = {Beyond the Space-Time Boundary},
  author = {Michael Heller and Jerzy Król},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.09027},
  year   = {2017}
}

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10 pages

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