BEHAVIOR OF THE SCHWARZSCHILD SINGULARITY IN SUPERIMPOSED GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS

Abstract

The effect of superimposed gravitational fields upon the behavior of the Schwarzschild singularity is examined. It is shown that while static disturbances generally have no effect on the nature of the singularity, time-dependent disturbances of an assumed form convert it from a coordinate singularity into a true, coordinate-independent singularity.