Singularity
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Singularity or singular point may refer to:
Science, technology, and mathematics
Mathematics
- Mathematical singularity, a point at which a given mathematical object is not defined or not "well-behaved", for example infinite or not differentiable
Geometry
- Singular point of a curve, where the curve is not given by a smooth embedding of a parameter
- Singular point of an algebraic variety, a point where an algebraic variety is not locally flat
- Rational singularity,
Complex analysis
- Essential singularity, a singularity near which a function exhibits extreme behavior
- Isolated singularity, a mathematical singularity that has no other singularities close to it
- Movable singularity, a concept in singularity theory
- Removable singularity, a point at which a function is not defined but at which it can be so defined that it is continuous at the singularity
Natural sciences
- Singularity (system theory), refers in dynamical and social systems to a context in which a small change can cause a large effect
- Gravitational singularity, a region in spacetime in which tidal gravitational forces become infinite
- Initial singularity, a hypothesized singularity of infinite density before quantum fluctuations caused the Big Bang and subsequent inflation that created the Universe
- Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems, theorems in general relativity theory about when gravitation produces singularities such as black holes
- Prandtl–Glauert singularity, the point at which a sudden drop in air pressure occurs
- Singularity (climate), a weather phenomenon associated with a specific calendar date
- Van Hove singularity in the density of states of a material
Technology
- Singularity (operating system), an operating system developed by Microsoft Research written in managed code
- Mechanical singularity, a position or configuration of a mechanism or a machine where the subsequent behavior cannot be predicted
- Technological singularity, a hypothetical moment in time when any physically conceivable level of technological advancement is attained instantaneously - up until physical limits are reached - usually as a consequence of artificial intelligence having progressed to the point where increasingly more efficient self-improvement is viable.
- Singularity (software), a container technology that does not require root permissions to run, so it is compatible with often permission-constrained High-Performance Compute (HPC) environments. It works on MacOS, Windows and Linux.
Arts and entertainment
Film and television
- "Singularity", a first season episode of Disney's So Weird
- "Singularity" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a second season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
- "The Singularity" (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), a third season episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- "Singularity", a first season episode of Stargate SG-1
- The Singularity (film), a 2012 documentary about the technological singularity
- Singularity (2017 film), American science fiction film starring John Cusack
- Singularity was the working title for The Lovers (2013 film), starring Josh Hartnett and Bipasha Basu
Literature
- Singularity (William Sleator novel), a 1985 science-fiction novel by William Sleator
- Singularity (Bill DeSmedt novel), a 2004 novel by Bill DeSmedt
- Singularity (audio drama), a Doctor Who audio drama
- Singularity 7, a graphic novel by Ben Templesmith
- The Singularity Is Near, a 2005 book by Ray Kurzweil on the technological singularity
- Temporal singularity, or point of divergence, in speculative fiction
Music
Albums
- Singularity (Joe Morris album), 2001
- Singularity (Peter Hammill album), 2006
- Singularity (Mae album), 2007
- Singularity (Robby Krieger album), 2010
- Singularity (Northlane album), 2013
- Singularity, a 2014 EP by electronic music band Lemaitre
- Singularity, (Jon Hopkins album), 2018
- Other
Songs
- "Singularity", a song by Textures on the 2011 album Dualism
- "Singularity", a song by Born of Osiris on the 2011 album The Discovery
- "Singularity", a song by Steve Aoki & Angger Dimas featuring My Name Is Kay, 2013
- "Singularity", a song by Tesseract on the 2013 album Altered State
- "Singularity", a song by New Order on the 2015 album Music Complete
- "The Singularity", a song by Doctor Steel on the 2002 album People of Earth
- "Intro: Singularity", a song by V (of BTS) on the 2018 album Love Yourself: Tear
Video games
- Singularity (video game), a 2010 video game developed by Raven Software
- Endgame: Singularity, a 2005 video game
Organizations
- Singularity University, a California Benefit Corporation part university, part think-tank, part business incubator, based on Ray Kurzweil's theory of technological singularity
- Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), formerly "The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence" (SIAI)
- Singularity Summit, its annual conference
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