Spacelike singularity conjecture for generic asymptotically flat black holes

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Let a gravitational-collapse spacetime arise from one-ended initial data on a hypersurface Σ\Sigma. For a point pp on a spacelike singularity S\mathcal{S}, say that its causal past has relatively compact intersection with Σ\Sigma when this intersection is relatively compact. Spacelike singularity conjecture. The terminal boundary of a generic asymptotically flat black hole consists of a null piece emanating from infinity i+i^+, namely the Cauchy horizon CHi+\mathcal{CH}_{i^+}, together with a non-empty spacelike singularity S\mathcal{S} such that, for every pSp\in\mathcal{S}, the causal past of pp has relatively compact intersection with Σ\Sigma. This conjecture describes the expected terminal structure of generic black-hole interiors in gravitational collapse; the supplied text gives no resolution status.

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Warren Li and Maxime Van de Moortel, “Kasner bounces and fluctuating collapse inside hairy black holes with charged matter”, arXiv:2302.00046 (2025).

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