Weatherall, James Owen (2013) What is a Singularity in Geometrized Newtonian Gravitation. In: [2012] Philosophy of Science Assoc. 23rd Biennial Mtg (San Diego, CA)
[2012] Philosophy of Science Assoc. 23rd Biennial Mtg (San Diego, CA) > PSA 2012 Symposia.
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Abstract
I discuss singular spacetimes in the context of the geometrized formulation of Newtonian gravitation. I argue first that geodesic incompleteness is a natural criterion for when a model of geometrized Newtonian gravitation is singular, and then I show that singularities in this sense arise naturally in classical physics by stating and proving a classical version of the Raychaudhuri-Komar singularity theorem.
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| Keywords: | Singularities; Singularity Theorems; Geometrized-Newtonian Gravitation; Cosmology |
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
| Conferences and Volumes: | [2012] Philosophy of Science Assoc. 23rd Biennial Mtg (San Diego, CA) [2012] Philosophy of Science Assoc. 23rd Biennial Mtg (San Diego, CA) > PSA 2012 Symposia |
| Depositing User: | James Owen Weatherall |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2013 04:22 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Aug 2013 04:22 |
| Item ID: | 9925 |
| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9925 |
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