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A brief, but precise and unified account is given of the results that have been rigorously established at the time of writing concerning the existence and nature of singularities in classical general relativity.
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Clarke, C.J.S., Schmidt, B.G. Singularities: The state of the art. Gen Relat Gravit 8, 129–137 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00770732
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