= David Garfinkle
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= D. Garfinkle
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A <physicist> who uses <numerical relativity> to study strong <gravitational fields>, especially <curvature singularities> and gravitational collapse. His simulations test how the <Einstein field equations> behave close to a singularity, including whether the behavior found in symmetric models survives when symmetry restrictions are removed.<Professional profile of David Garfinkle (oakland.edu)>[Research Interests: numerical relativity and simulations approaching singularities without imposed symmetry]{ref}
With <José M. Martín Senovilla>, he reviewed how the <Penrose singularity theorem> connects gravitational collapse with <geodesic incompleteness>.<The 1965 Penrose singularity theorem by José M. Martín Senovilla and David Garfinkle>[§1 and §4.1: collapse, trapped surfaces and incompleteness]{ref}
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