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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 iii Paper 311 2 e Solution by
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On , the radial function is strictly increasing and has the single positive root . The curvature invariant diverges at , and immediately inside the horizon, so this is a spacelike singularity. The maximally extended Penrose diagram therefore has the Schwarzschild form: two asymptotically flat exterior diamonds separated by future and past event horizons, with a spacelike future singularity above the black-hole regions and a spacelike past singularity below the white-hole regions. A collapse spacetime retains one exterior, the future horizon, and the future spacelike singularity.
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