An Overview of Schwarzschild’s Approach to Black Holes By Trey Paul and Chuck Bryant

Black Holes Definition:Definition: A celestial object created in the collapse of a very massive star that has a gravitational field so strong that light cannot escape it A celestial object created in the collapse of a very massive star that has a gravitational field so strong that light cannot escape it

Normal Curvature of Spacetime Due to Mass

Karl Schwarzschild  Born to a Jewish family in Frankfurt, Germany  By age 16 had published a paper on the orbits of stars  He received his doctorate at the University of Munich  Known for his radius

Metrics ∆s ² = (1− 2GM/c²R)c²∆t² − [1/(1-2GM/c²R)]∆R² − R²(∆θ² + sin²θ∆φ²) 2GM / c² ≡ Rs

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