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Singularity Theorems and Their Consequences

José M. M. Senovilla
- 01 May 1998 - 
- Vol. 30, Iss: 5, pp 701-848
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A detailed study of the singularity theorems is presented in this article, where the authors discuss the plausibility and reasonability of their hypotheses, applicability and implications of singularity theories, as well as the theorem itself.
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A detailed study of the singularity theorems is presented. I discuss the plausibility and reasonability of their hypotheses, the applicability and implications of the theorems, as well as the theorems themselves. The consequences usually extracted from them, some of them without the necessary rigour, are widely and carefully analysed with many clarifying examples and alternative views.

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