  The d'Alembertian $\Box\phi=0$ has solution $\phi=f(v)/r$, where $f$ is a
function of a null coordinate $v$, and this allows creation of a divergent
singularity out of nothing. In scalar-Einstein theory a similar situation
arises both for the scalar field and also for curvature invariants such as the
Ricci scalar. Here what happens in canonical quantum gravity is investigated.
Two minispace Hamiltonian systems are set up: extrapolation and approximation
of these indicates that the quantum mechanical wavefunction can be finite at
the origin.
