The nature of gravitational singularities
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
The nature of gravitational singularities, long mysterious, has now become clear through a combination of mathematical and numerical analysis. As the singularity is approached, the time derivative terms in the field equations dominate, and the singularity behaves locally like a homogeneous oscillatory spacetime.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0408019,
title = {The nature of gravitational singularities},
author = {David Garfinkle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0408019},
year = {2009}
}
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received "honorable mention" in Gravity Research Foundation essay contest