Cambridge University Press Cambridge The Cosmological Singularity - Mathematical Physics

The Cosmological Singularity, part of the Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics series, provides a deep exploration of the structure of the cosmological singularity within generic solutions of the Einstein equations. Published by Cambridge University Press, this text is designed specifically for researchers working in the fields of general relativity, supergravity, and cosmology. This volume offers a self-contained exposition that covers the mathematical derivation of the theory underlying the Belinski-Khalatnikov-Lifshitz (BKL) conjecture. Part I delivers a comprehensive review of the BKL conjecture theory, while subsequent sections detail the generic asymptotic behavior near the cosmological singularity. The text explains the behavior of the gravitational field and fields describing various kinds of matter in detail, making it a vital resource for advanced physics research and mathematical study.