Dual geometries and space-time singularities

May, 1999
9 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 61 (2000) 124026
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Abstract: (arXiv)
The notion of geometrical duality is discussed in the context of both Brans-Dicke theory and general relativity. It is shown that, in some particular solutions, the spacetime singularities that arise in usual Riemannian general relativity may be avoided in its dual representation (Weyl-type general relativity). This dual representation provides a singularity-free picture of the World that is physicaly equivalent to the canonical general relativistic one.
  • duality: geometrical
  • Brans-Dicke model
  • general relativity
  • space-time: singularity
  • black hole: Schwarzschild
  • space-time: Robertson-Walker
  • model: fluid