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A simple derivation of the naked singularity in spherical dust collapse

Sukratu Barve, T. P. Singh, Cenalo Vaz, Louis Witten

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/9901054

Abstract

We describe a simple method of determining whether the singularity that forms in the spherically symmetric collapse of inhomogeneous dust is naked or covered. This derivation considerably simplifies the analysis given in the earlier literature, while giving the same results as have been obtained before.

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