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    A few questions about black holes

    Sorry, I should of made that clearer. Does the ability of black holes/stars to siphon off material from other stars just have to do with size? And I didn't mean a maximum size. A black hole has a maximum rate at which it can spin, and for some reason, a black hole that is not rotating has double...
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    A few questions about black holes

    A stellar mass black hole is around 10 solar masses, and some stars can be much massive than this. And doesn't a black hole have more gravity than anything in the universe? Does more mass necessarily mean more gravity? If a star is more massive, how can a black hole siphon off material from it...
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    Math research ideas for high school student?

    So I've been accepted into a research program at my school, and I'm to come up with a research topic to work on over the school year. My mathematics is limited to geometry, though after this year will encompass trig and pre-calc. Anyway, I'm interested in pure mathematics, but obviously my...
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    Where to start on the path of enlightenment?(and other help)

    (It was hard to think of a title) This isn't really a question about a direct career path, so I hope it's the most correct place to put it. It's more of a poll of opinion about the school system, my life, and how I begin learning what I want to learn. So it's a career question in some sense...I...
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    Where to start on the path of enlightenment?(and other help)

    (It was hard to think of a title) This isn't really a question about a direct career path, so I hope it's the most correct place to put it. It's more of a poll of opinion about the school system, my life, and how I begin learning what I want to learn. So it's a career question in some sense...I...
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