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What is a singularity in general relativity?
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Gravitational Collapse and Space-Time Singularities
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The Flatter Regions of Newman, Unti, and Tamburino's Generalized Schwarzschild Space
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Singularities in Closed Universes
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Singularity Theorems and Their Consequences
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- Authors
- Geroch, R.
- Venue
- Annals of Physics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1968-07
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 526-540
- ISSN
- 0003-4916 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2596116398
- Cited by
- 287
- References
- 6
- FWCI
- 2.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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