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Angular Momentum-Mass Inequality for Axisymmetric Black Holes

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In these notes we describe recent results concerning the inequality \(m\geq \sqrt{|J|}\) for axially symmetric black holes.

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Dain, S. (2009). Angular Momentum-Mass Inequality for Axisymmetric Black Holes. In: Sidoravičius, V. (eds) New Trends in Mathematical Physics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2810-5_12

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