We present a stable class of spacetimes which satisfy the conditions of the singularity theorem of Hawking & Penrose (1970), and which contain naked singularities. This offers counterexamples to a geometric version of the strong cosmic censorship hypothesis.
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Marcus Kriele. A stable class of spacetimes with naked singularities. Banach Center Publications, Tome 38 (1997) pp. 169-178. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-bcpv41z1p169bwm/
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