How can singularities be limited, and what is information?

Subject: How can singularities be limited, and what is information?

Date: Tue Jun 22 06:18:17 1999
Posted by Dan
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Area of science: Astronomy
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If the gravity at a singularity is infinite, how can there be an 
event horizon after which it is possible to escape its gravity, 
i.e. how does the infinite become finite?

I have another question which in a slightly different subject. I 
saw a link from one message here into an article that talked 
about the information paradox - what would happen if information 
was to fall into a black hole. The article mentioned a law of 
information coservation in Quantom Mechanics. I'm not sure I 
really understand what is the sort of information they mean and 
why does that information have to be preserved?

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