The relationship between spacetime singularities and regions at infinity

Abstract

Ideal attached points are a core concept in general relativity for pseudo-Riemannian manifolds, and whether the spacetime can be extended with certain properties is a central consideration in their choice. This paper establishes a sufficient condition for the separability between singularities and points at infinity for any maximally extended pseudo-Riemannian manifold. We focus on the incomplete geodesics of $(\mathcal{M},g)$, and produce an envelopment $(\mathcal{M},g,\hat{\mathcal{M}})$ of the spacetime such that an incomplete geodesic $\gamma :[0,1)\to \mathcal{M}$ has an endpoint $q$ in $\hat{\mathcal{M}}$. If there is no pair of geodesics approaching $q$ which is intertwined, then $q$ is a singularity. Additionally, $q$ will not be approached by any geodesic with infinite affine parameter, and therefore cannot cover a point at infinity, thereby rendering it a {\it pure singularity} in the abstract boundary framework. We apply the Endpoint Theorem to the maximal g-boundary introduced by Graf and Beld-Serrano in arXiv:2307.11034, and also provide a result on the separability between directional singularities and pure singularities. This analysis is then applied to the Schwarzschild spacetime.

37 pages, 4 figures