Etymology

Cauchy horizon

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

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Named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy

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