This thread is pure magic.🔭🧪⚛️
In 2D, gravity doesn’t make black holes — it makes "cones"!
And everything turns into convex #polyhedra.
#Geometry + General Relativity explained in the most elegant way.
One of the best #science threads in a long time.
Definitely read it! ⤵️
Nereide
In general relativity, a point mass just sitting there is inevitably a black hole. But that's when you're living in 3d space (and one dimension of time). In 2d space, a point mass creates a less drastic singularity: a 'cone point'. I've been studying these cone points lately, just for fun.
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