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The catastrophe theory, Petrov’s algebraic classification and gravitational phase transitions

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A close relationship is demonstrated between the catastrophe theory, Petrov’s algebraic classification of the gravitational fields and the theory of phase transitions.

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  1. Dep. of Theoretical Physics, Siberian Federal University, Svobodny prosp 79, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia

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Talk given at the International Conference RUDN-10, June 28–July 3, 2010, PFUR, Moscow.

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Baranov, A.M. The catastrophe theory, Petrov’s algebraic classification and gravitational phase transitions. Gravit. Cosmol. 17, 170–172 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0202289311020058

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