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)