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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

Complex analysis

Natural sciences

  • Singularity (system theory), in dynamical and social systems, 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
  • Singularity (software), a container technology that does not require root permissions to run

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, the working title for The Lovers, starring Josh Hartnett and Bipasha Basu
  • Godzilla Singular Point, a 2021 Japanese anime surrounding Godzilla

Literature

  • Singularity (Sleator novel), a 1985 science-fiction novel by William Sleator
  • Singularity (DeSmedt novel), a 2004 novel by Bill DeSmedt
  • Singularity (audio drama), a 2005 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

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 (Jon Hopkins album), 2018
  • Singularity, a 2014 EP by Lemaitre
  • The Singularity (Phase I – Neohumanity), 2014 album by Swedish metal band Scar Symmetry

Songs

  • "Singularity" (song), a song by South Korean boy band BTS from the 2018 album Love Yourself: Tear
  • "Singularity", a song by Caligula's Horse on the 2011 album Moments from Ephemeral City
  • "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
  • "Singularity", a song by Devin Townsend on the 2019 album Empath
  • "The Singularity", a song by Doctor Steel on the 2002 album People of Earth
  • "Intro: Singularity", a song by Kim Taehyung (V, of BTS) on the 2018 album Love Yourself: Tear

People

  • ”Singularity”, stage name of Grey's Kyle Trewartha

Video games

  • Singularity (video game), a 2010 video game developed by Raven Software
  • Endgame: Singularity, a 2005 video game
  • Singularity, a test server of Eve Online

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

See also

  • Singular (disambiguation)
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