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TRAUTMAN has suggested1 that the introduction of intrinsic spin effects into general relativity through the Einstein-Cartan torsion theory may avert a gravitational singularity. In this note we suggest that the singularity is avoided only because of the high symmetry of the model used.
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STEWART, J., HÁJÍČEK, P. Can Spin Avert Singularities?. Nature Physical Science 244, 96 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci244096a0
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