The singularity theorems of general relativity and their low regularity extensions

DOI10.1365/s13291-022-00263-7zbMath1523.83049arXiv2206.05939OpenAlexW4308650447WikidataQ123238620 ScholiaQ123238620MaRDI QIDQ6103913

Roland Steinbauer

Publication date: 5 June 2023

Published in: Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung (DMV) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.05939

zbMATH Keywords

general relativitysingularity theoremsgeodesic focusingcausality theorydistributional curvaturemetrics of low regularity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Propagation of singularities; initial value problems on manifolds (58J47) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-01) Causal inference from observational studies (62D20)

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