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Black hole formation as seen by a distant observer

I've read in several places that from the PoV of a distant observer it will take an infinite amount of time for new matter to fall past the event horizon into a black hole, due to time dilation effects.

This seems to imply that once a black hole is formed, its mass cannot actually grow any further as considered by most observers in the universe. Is that right?

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  • Possible duplicates: http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/47669/2451 and links therein. – Qmechanic Jan 01 '13 at 15:32
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    Hi roblev, I'd say that the question linked by Qmechanic is an exact duplicate. If there's anything that you feel isn't covered by that question, you need to specifically highlight it here otherwise I think this will get closed. – twistor59 Jan 01 '13 at 15:36
  • ok sorry I did look for duplicate but missed this one – roblev Jan 01 '13 at 16:52
  • @dmckee I do not see it as a duplicate because it asks about growth rather than formation. – Anixx May 26 '14 at 23:01

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