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The Penrose singularity theorem in regularity $C^{1,1}$

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-09-15 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We extend the validity of the Penrose singularity theorem to spacetime metrics of regularity C1,1C^{1,1}. The proof is based on regularisation techniques, combined with recent results in low regularity causality theory.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1502.00287,
  title  = {The Penrose singularity theorem in regularity $C^{1,1}$},
  author = {Michael Kunzinger and Roland Steinbauer and James A. Vickers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.00287},
  year   = {2016}
}

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13 pages. Final version

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