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If a star is spinning very fast before it collapses, then as it collapses it's going to spin faster, like a skater bringing his or her arms into speed up rotation.
Intuitively I'd imagine that there's no way a star could ever be spun up to the point where its outer edge speed would exceed c.
So is it possible that a collapsing star could be prevented from collapsing, regardless of the gravitational forces trying to crush it, due to the fact that it was spinning too fast before the collapse began for collapse to continue beyond a certain point?
Intuitively I'd imagine that there's no way a star could ever be spun up to the point where its outer edge speed would exceed c.
So is it possible that a collapsing star could be prevented from collapsing, regardless of the gravitational forces trying to crush it, due to the fact that it was spinning too fast before the collapse began for collapse to continue beyond a certain point?