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Re: black hole and special relativity



At 01:11 PM 4/27/01, David Bowman <David_Bowman@GEORGETOWNCOLLEGE.EDU> wrote:

It is possible to prove a
theorem that says that if a spherically symmetric object is stable
against gravitational collapse then its radius *must* be strictly greater
than 9/8 of the Schwarszchild radius for that mass if it was collapsed to
a (Schwarszchild) black hole.

I'm intrigued. Do you have a reference for this theorem?

Glenn A. Carlson, P.E.
gcarlson@mail.win.org