Gravitational singularities, scattering maps for bouncing, and structure-preserving algorithms

Abstract

This note emphasizes the role of multi-scale wave structures and junction conditions in many fields of physics, from the dynamics of fluids with non-convex equations of state to the study of gravitational singularities and bouncing cosmologies in general relativity. Concerning the definition and construction of bouncing spacetimes, we review the recent proposal in collaboration with B. Le Floch and G. Veneziano based on the notion of singularity scattering maps. We also present recent numerical investigations of smallscale phenomena arising in compressible fluid flows on FRLW or Kasner geometries for which we developed structure-preserving algorithms.