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arxiv: 1309.0144 · v1 · pith:FR2D34RHnew · submitted 2013-08-31 · ⚛️ physics.hist-ph · gr-qc

The collapse of supertasks

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keywords supertaskscollapsesupertaskactionsattemptblackcarryconsists
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A supertask consists in the performance of an infinite number of actions in a finite time. I show that any attempt to carry out a supertask will produce a divergence of the curvature of spacetime, resulting in the formation of a black hole. I maintain that supertasks, contrarily to a popular view among philosophers, are physically impossible. Supertasks, literally, collapse under their own weight.

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