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Penrose: gravitational collapse and space-time singularities

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Relativity and gravitation · THEOREM

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Proved null geodesic incompleteness from trapped-surface, causal and energy hypotheses without exact spherical symmetry.

Scientific scope

The record is Penrose's sole-author 1965 theorem and its hypotheses. It is a classical general-relativistic result, not proof that curvature necessarily diverges in every model or a quantum-gravity description.

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The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Penrose's sole-author 1965 theorem and its hypotheses. It is a classical general-relativistic result, not proof that curvature necessarily diverges in every model or a quantum-gravity description.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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