The Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems (after Roger Penrose and Stephen Hawking) are a set of results in general relativity that attempt to answer the...
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Wolf Prize in Physics, which he shared with Stephen Hawking for the Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems, and the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery...
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Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems White hole BKL singularity Initial singularity Earman 1995, pp. 28–31, Section 2.2 What is a singularity? Curiel...
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Raychaudhuri equation (redirect from Raychaudhuri's theorem)
The equation is important as a fundamental lemma for the Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems and for the study of exact solutions in general relativity...
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Look up Singularity or singularity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Singularity or singular point may refer to: Mathematical singularity, a point at...
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reasoning with a formal system whose theorems can be listed by an algorithm that has a Gödel sentence, but the Penrose-Lucas argument tries to prove otherwise:...
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Oliver Penrose FRS FRSE (born 6 June 1929) is a British theoretical physicist. He is the son of the scientist Lionel Penrose and brother of the mathematical...
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Illumination problem (redirect from Penrose unilluminable room)
The original problem was first solved in 1958 by Roger Penrose using ellipses to form the Penrose unilluminable room. He showed that there exists a room...
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demonstrates that singularities arise inevitably in general relativity and is a key ingredient in the proofs of the Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems. Raychaudhuri...
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Shirley Hodgson (redirect from Shirley Penrose)
Shirley Victoria Penrose Hodgson (born 22 February 1945) is a British geneticist. Hodgson studied at Somerville College, Oxford. She worked as a GP, then...
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single cheek muscle. Hawking's scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general...
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Cosmic censorship hypothesis (category Roger Penrose)
Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems, singularities are inevitable in physically reasonable situations. Still, in the absence of naked singularities,...
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Schwarzschild metric (redirect from Schwarzschild singularity)
1007/BF01448427. S2CID 179177367. Earman, J. (1999). "The Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems: History and Implications". In Goenner, H. (ed.). The expanding...
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Kalam cosmological argument Gibbons–Hawking–York boundary term Gibbons–Hawking effect Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems Perlov, Delia; Vilenkin, Alexander...
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A Brief History of Time (film) (category Stephen Hawking)
worked with Hawking on Penrose-Hawking singularity theorems Dennis Sciama, cosmologist and PhD supervisor for Hawking John Wheeler, theoretical physicist...
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Lovelock's theorem (physics) No-hair theorem (physics) Odd number theorem (physics) Peeling theorem (physics) Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems (physics)...
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Rietdijk–Putnam argument (category Roger Penrose)
Putnam (1967). It is sometimes called the Rietdijk–Putnam–Penrose argument. Roger Penrose advanced a form of this argument that has been called the Andromeda...
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Black hole stability conjecture (redirect from Black hole stability theorem)
Stability of matter Positive energy theorem Birkhoff's theorem (relativity) Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems Hoop conjecture Fourès-Bruhat, Y. (1952)...
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this star type. Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems for predicting when singularities occur, named after Roger Penrose and Stephen Hawking. Brave New World...
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Causal structure (section Gravitational singularity)
Malament–Hogarth spacetime Null infinity Penrose diagram Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems Spacetime Hawking & Israel 1979, p. 255 Galloway, Gregory...
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Terrell rotation (redirect from The Terrell-Penrose Effect)
also sometimes referred to as the Penrose–Terrell effect, the Terrell–Penrose effect or the Lampa–Terrell–Penrose effect. In 1924 by Anton Lampa discussed...
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Black hole information paradox (redirect from Hawkings Paradox)
spacetime from which nothing—not even light—can escape. In the 1970s, Stephen Hawking applied the semiclassical approach of quantum field theory in curved spacetime...
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gravitational interaction is significant. However, the Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems show that a singularity should exist for very general conditions. Hence...
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Einstein's field equation geodesic gravitational redshift Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems Pseudo-Riemannian manifold stress–energy tensor worm hole...
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Complete manifold (section Hopf–Rinow theorem)
is fairly generic in general relativity is shown in the Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems. If M {\displaystyle M} is geodesically complete, then it...
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in space. And at the heart of this black hole, Penrose shows, is something scientists call a singularity. It is this which leads Stephen to his PhD subject...
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similar theorems were found later on by Hawking and Geroch (see Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems). This revived interest in the search for singular solutions...
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Hubert; Jürgen; Ritter, Jim; Sauer, Tilman (eds.). The Penrose-Hawking Singularity Theorems: History and Implications – The expanding worlds of general...
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Spin network (category Roger Penrose)
The diagrammatic notation can thus greatly simplify calculations. Roger Penrose described spin networks in 1971. Spin networks have since been applied...
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Big Bang (redirect from Big Bang Initial Singularity)
1016/0370-2693(93)91239-J. S2CID 119406262. Hawking & Ellis 1973 Senovilla, José M. M. (May 1998). "Singularity Theorems and Their Consequences". General Relativity...
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