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Strength of curvature singularities

2000
3 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 61 (2000) 064016
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Abstract: (APS)
This paper deals with several issues related to the strength of curvature singularities (a notion originally defined by Tipler). First, we construct a simple example of a spacetime which admits a strong curvature singularity even though the metric tensor is C0 and nondegenerate. Second, we propose a slightly modified definition of a strong singularity (to which we refer as a deformationally strong singularity), which better captures the physical essence of the strength. Finally, we show that a necessary condition for (Tipler’s) strong singularities, formulated by Clarke and Krolak, is also applicable to deformationally strong singularities.