Final state conjecture

{{Short description|Conjecture in general relativity}}

The final state conjecture is that the end state of the universe will consist of black holes and gravitational radiation.{{Cite web |title=Princeton Gravity Initiative : Mathematics |url=https://gravity.princeton.edu/research/centered-mathematics |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=The Princeton Gravity Initiative |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Shao |first=Arick |title=A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL RELATIVITY PART 2: GENERAL RELATIVITY |url=https://lpde.maths.qmul.ac.uk/a.shao/research/notes/gr.pdf}}{{Cite web |last=Nadis |first=Steve |date=2022-08-04 |title=Black Holes Finally Proven Mathematically Stable |url=https://www.quantamagazine.org/black-holes-finally-proven-mathematically-stable-20220804/ |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=Quanta Magazine |language=en}}

It was originally proposed by Roger Penrose in the 1980s, and is considered a central problem in mathematical general relativity.{{Cite journal |last=Coley |first=Alan A. |date=July 2019 |title=Mathematical general relativity |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10714-019-2559-5 |journal=General Relativity and Gravitation |language=en |volume=51 |issue=6 |page=78 |doi=10.1007/s10714-019-2559-5 |issn=0001-7701|arxiv=1807.08628 |bibcode=2019GReGr..51...78C }}