Gravitational Singularities

Abstract

Gravitational singularities in general relativity are spacetime locations where the gravitational field becomes infinite. Scalar invariant curves of spacetime include a measure of matter density. Some physicists and philosophers believe that because the density of matter tends to become infinite in singularity, spacetime laws are no longer valid there. A gravitational singularity almost universally accepted in astrophysics and cosmology as the earliest state of the universe, is the Big Bang. In this case also, the known laws of physics are no longer valid. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.24285.87523

Other Versions

No versions found

Links

PhilArchive

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

  • Only published works are available at libraries.

Similar books and articles

Spacetime Singularities and Invariance.O. Cristinel Stoica & Iulian D. Toader - 2016 - Belgrade Philosophical Annual 29:67-78.

Analytics

Added to PP
2019-05-29

Downloads
439 (#65,254)

6 months
135 (#36,634)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Nicolae Sfetcu
Romanian Academy

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

Philosophy of Cosmology.Chris Smeenk - 2013 - In Robert Batterman (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Physics. Oxford University Press USA. pp. 607-652.
Singularities and Black Holes.Erik Curiel - 2019 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philsophy.
Singularities and Black holes.Erik Curiel - 2010 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Buclele cauzale în călătoria în timp.Nicolae Sfetcu - 2018 - Bucharest, Romania: MultiMedia Publishing.

View all 6 references / Add more references