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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:40 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Apr 19, 2013 at 16:09 | comment | added | user4552 | The OP asks, "Why does the escape velocity of light warrant space-time to not exist or the mass to be confined to a single point of infinite density." The technical answer to this is that the OP's statement can be refined into the Penrose singularity theorem. The theorem says that if the strong energy condition holds, then the formation of a trapped lightlike surface guarantees the formation of a singularity. | |
| Apr 19, 2013 at 16:04 | comment | added | Waffle's Crazy Peanut | I'm quite wondered that someone read this answer within a minute. Ok, I've read it now (+1)... ;-) | |
| Apr 19, 2013 at 16:02 | history | answered | John Rennie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |