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When enough matter is condensed in a small region, gravitational effects will be strong enough to cause collapse and a black hole will be formed. We formulate and prove here such a statement in the language of general relativity. (This is Theorem 2 of this paper.)
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Schoen, R., Yau, S.T. The existence of a black hole due to condensation of matter. Commun.Math. Phys. 90, 575–579 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01216187
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01216187