Frank Cudek: 'Localising singular structure of spacetime'
Abstract: "I argue that the singular structure of spacetime is best conceptualised as a non-local, but localisable, property of spacetime regions, and that there is no unique, best definition of a singular region of spacetime (there is, however, a schema that any adequate definition instantiates). I also discuss to what extent, assuming the definition of singular structure in terms of b-incomplete curves, one can make precise sense of notions such as ‘x is close to singular structure’ and ‘x is closer to singular structure than y’, where x and y range over spacetime points".
The PoP-grunch (Philosophy of Physics Graduate Lunch) is a weekly informal seminar in which graduate students in Philosophy of Physics present their work in progress.
Philosophy of Physics Graduate Lunch Seminar Convenor: Eleanor March
