Cosmological Singularities
Abstract
Description
An overview is provided of the singularity theorems in cosmological contexts at a level suitable for advanced graduate students. The necessary background from tensor and causal geometry to understand the theorems is supplied, the mathematical notion of a cosmology is described in some detail and issues related to the range of validity of general relativity are also discussed.
41 pages, 11pt. To be published in the Springer LNP Proceedings of the First Aegean Summer School of Cosmology held on Samos, Greece, in September 21-29, 2001
41 pages, 11pt. To be published in the Springer LNP Proceedings of the First Aegean Summer School of Cosmology held on Samos, Greece, in September 21-29, 2001