Darren New wrote:
>> it sounds logical to me that
>> in fact the event horizon *is* the singularity...
> 
> But it's not.

By which I mean:
  "singularity" has a specific meaning in mathematics, and the event horizon 
doesn't meet that definition, while the "center" of the black hole does.

Take the graph of tan(x). At pi/2, there's a singularity. At 0, it just goes 
thru a 45-degree slope (and a point of inflection). That's kind of the 
difference.

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