Formation of a black hole

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Lecture overview

Professor Susskind begins the lecture with a review of Kruskal coordinates, and how they apply to the study of black holes.  He then moves on to develop a coordinate system which allows the depiction of all of spacetime on a finite blackboard.  This results in a Penrose diagram for flat spacetime.  The Penrose diagram for black holes leads to an understanding of wormholes, also known as Einstein-Rosen bridges.