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arxiv: 1308.1722 · v1 · pith:JAFO6RGWnew · submitted 2013-08-08 · ⚛️ physics.class-ph · gr-qc· physics.hist-ph

What is a Singularity in Geometrized Newtonian Gravitation?

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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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