Numerical Approaches to Spacetime Singularities

This review updates a previous review article. Numerical explorationof the properties of singularities could, in principle, yield detailed understanding of their nature in physically realistic cases. Examples of numerical investigations into the formation of naked singularities, critical behavior in...

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Main Author: Beverly K. Berger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 1998-05-01
Series:Living Reviews in Relativity
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Online Access:http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-1998-7
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Summary:This review updates a previous review article. Numerical explorationof the properties of singularities could, in principle, yield detailed understanding of their nature in physically realistic cases. Examples of numerical investigations into the formation of naked singularities, critical behavior in collapse, passage through the Cauchy horizon, chaos of the Mixmaster singularity, and singularities in spatially inhomogeneous cosmologies are discussed.
ISSN:1433-8351