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Using a second law of complexity, we prove a black hole singularity theorem. By introducing the notion of trapped extremal surfaces, we show that their existence implies null geodesic incompleteness inside globally hyperbolic black holes.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-31 Vyshnav Mohan

We find that sudden future singularities may also appear in spatially inhomogeneous Stephani models of the universe. They are temporal pressure singularities and may appear independently of the spatial finite density singularities already…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Mariusz P. Dcabrowski

Let $X$ be a smooth projective surface and let $\mathcal{C}$ be an arrangement of curves on $X$. The Harbourne constant of $\mathcal{C}$ was defined as a way to investigate the occurrence of curves of negative self-intersection on blow ups…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-02-21 Krishna Hanumanthu , Aditya Subramaniam

Symmetries of spacetimes with null dust field as a source compatible with asymptotic flatness are studied by using the Bondi-Sachs-van der Burg formalism. It is shown that in an axially symmetric spacetime with null dust field in which at…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 U. von der Goenna , A. Pravdova

We give an example of a spacetime with a continuous metric which is globally hyperbolic and exhibits causal bubbling. The metric moreover splits orthogonally into a timelike and a spacelike part. We discuss our example in the context of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-12-21 Leonardo García-Heveling , Elefterios Soultanis

In the context of the current lack of compatibility of the classical and quantum approaches to gravity, exactly solvable elementary pseudo-Hermitian quantum models are analyzed supporting the acceptability of a point-like form of Big Bang.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-23 Miloslav Znojil

We discuss the question of whether the existence of singularities is an intrinsic property of 4D spacetime. Our hypothesis is that singularities in 4D are induced by the separation of spacetime from the other dimensions. We examine this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Ponce de Leon

We consider flat surfaces and the points of their metric completions, particularly the singularities to which the flat structure of the surface does not extend. The local behavior near a singular point x can be partially described by a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2011-10-07 Joshua P. Bowman , Ferrán Valdez

The order horismos induces the Zeeman $Z$ topology, which is coarser than the Fine Zeeman Topology $F$. The causal curves in a spacetime under $Z$ are piecewise null. $F$ is considered to be the most physical topology in a spacetime…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-05 Kyriakos Papadopoulos

In this paper, We prove a conjecture which states that if M is a nakedly singular future boundary or nakedly singular past boundary spacetime, then the space of null geodesics, N, is non-Hausdorff. Also, we show that every two-dimensional…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-11 Mehdi Vatandoost , Rahimeh Pourkhandani , Neda Ebrahimi

It is shown that the initial singularities in spatially compact spacetimes with spherical, plane or hyperbolic symmetry admitting a compact constant mean curvature hypersurface are crushing singularities when the matter content of spacetime…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-06 Alan D. Rendall

We consider the Cauchy problem for the equations of pressureless gases in two space dimensions. For a generic set of smooth initial data (density and velocity), it is known that the solution loses regularity at a finite time $t_0$, where…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-14 Alberto Bressan , Geng Chen , Shoujun Huang

We give the complete solution to the local diffeomorphism classification problem of generic singularities which appear in tangent surfaces, in as wider situations as possible. We interpret tangent geodesics as tangent lines whenever a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-02-09 Goo Ishikawa , Tatsuya Yamashita

We study negative curves on surfaces obtained by blowing up special configurations of points in the complex projective palne. Our main results concern the following configurations: very general points on a cubic, 3-torsion points on an…

It is known that NUT solution has many interesting features and pathologies like being non-singular and having closed timelike curves. It turns out that in higher dimensions horizon topology cannot be spherical but it has instead to be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-11 Sajal Mukherjee , Naresh Dadhich

We study the null curves and their motion in a $3$-dimensional flat space-time $M_{3}$. We show that when the motion of null curves forms two surfaces in $M_{3}$ the integrability conditions lead to the well-known AKNS hierarchy. In this…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2024-01-24 Metin Gürses , Asli Pekcan

We show that to every maximal surface with conelike singularities in Lorentz-Minkowski space $\mathbb{L}^3$ that can be locally represented as the graph of a smooth function, there exists a corresponding timelike minimal surface in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-18 Aryaman Patel

In this paper we review and extend some results in the literature pertaining to spacetime topology while naturally utilizing properties of the codimension 2 null cut locus. Our results fall into two classes, depending on whether or not one…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-12-06 Gregory J. Galloway , Eric Ling

We show that the normal points of a cubic hypersurface in projective space have canonical singularities unless the hypersurface is an iterated cone over an elliptic curve. As an application, we give a simple linear algebraic description of…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-12 Ashima Bansal , Supravat Sarkar , Shivam Vats

In this talk we would like to review recent results on non-singular cosmological models. It has been recently shown that among stiff perfect fluid inhomogeneous spacetimes the absence of singularities is more common than it was expected in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-04-29 L. Fernández-Jambrina , L. M. González-Romero