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Proves first of many singularity theorems; a set of sufficient conditions for the existence of a singularity in space-time showing that, far from being mathematical curiosities singularities are a fairly generic feature of general relativity. Hawking provides the first of many singularity theorems; such theorems provide a set of sufficient conditions for the existence of a singularity in space-time
Hawking proves singularity theorems showing that spacetime singularities are generic in general relativity
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