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If matter falling into a singularity never reaches it because time slows down infinitely as you approach, wouldn’t this be a physical representation of a mathem
by api 2y ago
If matter falling into a singularity never reaches it because time slows down infinitely as you approach, wouldn’t this be a physical representation of a mathematical limit from calculus? The actual literal 1d singularity never forms but it is approached infinitely close.
- cyberax 2y agoMatter falling into a singularity reaches it in a fairly short time, according to the falling observer's clock. It's just that the _light_ that this observer emits takes infinitely long to reach observers outside of the singularity.