Singularity

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 behaviour
• 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), in dynamical and social systems, a context in which a small change can cause a large effect
• Gravitational singularity, in general relativity, a point in which gravity is so intense that spacetime itself becomes ill-defined
  • 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, in general relativity theory, theorems about how gravitation produces singularities such as in 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 experimental operating system developed by Microsoft Research
• Mechanical singularity, a position or configuration of a mechanism or a machine where the subsequent behavior cannot be predicted
• Singularity (software), a container technology that does not require root permissions to run

Futurology

• Technological singularity, a hypothetical point in time when technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible

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
• Singularity (comics), the Marvel Comics character

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 (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), performed by V of the South Korean group BTS from their 2018 album Love Yourself: Tear
• "Singularity", by Jon Hopkins on the 2018 album Singularity
• "Singularity", by Caligula's Horse on the 2011 album Moments from Ephemeral City
• "Singularity", by Textures on the 2011 album Dualism
• "Singularity", by Born of Osiris on the 2011 album The Discovery
• "Singularity", by Steve Aoki & Angger Dimas featuring My Name Is Kay from It's the End of the World as We Know It, 2013
• "Singularity", by Tesseract on the 2013 album Altered State
• "Singularity", by New Order on the 2015 album Music Complete
• "Singularity", by Devin Townsend on the 2019 album Empath
• "The Singularity", by Doctor Steel on the 2002 album People of Earth

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

Organizations

• Singularity University, a California Benefit Corporation 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)

1. Technological singularity
2. Gravitational singularity
3. Singular
4. Naked singularity
5. The Singularity Is Near
6. Singular they
7. Singularity Group
8. Initial singularity
9. Essential singularity
10. Singularity (software)
11. Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems
12. Singularity (mathematics)
13. Singularity (operating system)
14. Endgame: Singularity
15. The Singularity Is Nearer
16. Singular (software)
17. Ring singularity
18. Schwarzschild metric
19. Isolated singularity
20. Big Bang