Cauchy horizon
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy
Noun
[edit]Cauchy horizon (plural Cauchy horizons)
- (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.