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An overview is provided of the singularity theorems in cosmological contexts at a level suitable for advanced graduate students. The necessary background from tensor and causal geometry to understand the theorems is supplied, the mathematical notion of a cosmology is described in some detail and issues related to the range of validity of general relativity are also discussed.
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Cotsakis, S. (2002). Cosmological Singularities. In: Cotsakis, S., Papantonopoulos, E. (eds) Cosmological Crossroads. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 592. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48025-0_4
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