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arxiv: gr-qc/9503062 · v2 · submitted 1995-03-30 · 🌀 gr-qc · hep-th

The Value of Singularities

Gary T. Horowitz , Robert Myers This is my paper
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We point out that spacetime singularities play a useful role in gravitational theories by eliminating unphysical solutions. In particular, we argue that any modification of general relativity which is completely nonsingular cannot have a stable ground state. This argument applies both to classical extensions of general relativity, and to candidate quantum theories of gravity.

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