I have researched black holes but I can't seem to find the answer. Any help would be appreciated.
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A black hole itself is not a singularity, but General Relativity predicts that a singularity exists at the center of a black hole.
As far as I can determine, it's called a singularity because the laws of physics cease to describe what happens there. Curvature of space-time and density of matter become infinite. They are undefined. In mathematics, a singularity is an object that is undefined, or a point in a set where an object is not well-behaved.
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