Seminarium Teorii Względności i Grawitacji

The 2020 Nobel prize in Physics has revived the interest in the singularity theoremsand, in particular, in the Penrose theorem published in 1965. In this talk I will brieflyreview the main ideas behind the theorems and I will proceed to an evaluation of theirhypotheses and implications. I will try to dispel some common misconceptions aboutthe theorems and their conclusions, as well as to convey some of their rarely mentionedconsequences. Several examples will be used for illustrative purposes. Zoom meeting ID: 814 7211 6408 Passcode: 795365