Penrose-Hawking theorems

Penrose-Hawking theorems

[¦pen‚rōz ′hȯk·iŋ ‚thir·əmz]

(relativity)

The general relativistic theorems proving that singularities must occur in space-times, such as the universe, based on reasonable assumptions such as causality and dependent on the existence of a trapped surface.

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