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Nature of the central singularity in Szekeres models

Authors 1, 2

Affiliations

  1. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Bombay 400 005, India
  2. Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Śniadeckich 8, 00-950 Warszawa, Poland

Abstract

The occurrence and nature of the central naked singularity in aspherical Szekeres models is investigated here, and the strength of the singularity is discussed. The implications for the cosmic censorship hypothesis are considered.

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Banach Center Publications
1997/41/1
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Pages:
163-168
Main language of publication
English
Published
1997
Exact and natural sciences