Generic coexistence of null and spacelike singularities in gravitational collapse

Let a black hole form from generic gravitational collapse, and denote its terminal boundary's Cauchy horizon by CHi+\mathcal{CH}_{i^+} and its spacelike singularity by S\mathcal{S}. Generic terminal-boundary conjecture. The black hole terminal boundary consists of a weak null singularity, the Cauchy horizon CHi+\mathcal{CH}_{i^+}, and a spacelike singularity S\mathcal{S}. This conjecture proposes that both null and spacelike singularities are generic features of gravitational collapse, beyond the explicitly constructed spherically symmetric examples.

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Maxime Van de Moortel, “Asymptotically flat black holes with a singular Cauchy horizon and a spacelike singularity”, arXiv:2510.07431 (2026).

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