Philosophy of Science · 2014 · 20 citations · 17 references
Natural SciencesMathematicsPhysicsCosmologyGeometryRelativityBlack HolesCurved SpacetimeGeneral RelativityMathematical RelativityMetric GeometrySpacetime GeometryGeodesic CompletenessGeodesic EquationsGeodesic Motion In Black Hole SpacetimesSingularitiesSingularity StructureSingularity Theorems In CosmologySpace-time RepresentationSpacelike Geodesics
Here, we clarify the relationship among three space-time conditions of interest: geodesic completeness, hole-freeness, and inextendibility. In addition, we introduce a related fourth condition: effective completeness.
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