Cauchy horizon

English

Etymology

Named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy

Noun

Cauchy horizon (plural Cauchy horizons)

  1. (physics) A light-like boundary of the domain of validity of a Cauchy problem. One side of the horizon contains closed space-like geodesics and the other side contains closed time-like geodesics.
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