English Explanatory Dictionary

Cauchy horizon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lightlike boundary of the domain of validity of a Cauchy problem, in which one side of the horizon contains closed space-like geodesics and the other side contains closed timelike geodesics.

Word forms

Cauchy horizon Cauchy horizons

Etymology

Named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy

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