Can space curve time as an accompaniment? Is then time not a vector?

[petrushka.googol]

In areas of very strong gravitational fields like black holes does space curvature also warp time? As we know time as we know it ceases to exist at this point? If time was a scalar then distortion of time would not be possible and it would be absolute.? What is the conclusion to be drawn from this?

[Strange]

Gravitational fields are the result of space-time curvature, not just the curvature of space. That is why there is such a thing as gravitational time dilation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_time_dilation

[Endercreeper01]

Yes, time dilates from gravitation.

Proper time is related to coordinate time by [latex]d\tau = \sqrt{g_{00}} \ dt[/latex].

In the Schwarzschild solution, [latex]g_{00}=1-\frac{R_s}{r}[/latex], so time is dilated by a factor of [latex]\sqrt{1-\frac{R_s}{r}}[/latex].

Time dilates only with respect to a distant observer. Time freezes with respect to an outside observer at the event horizon, but for the object going into the black hole, it enters the event horizon, so it does not freeze. Time is relative, but it is not a vector. Vectors have both magnitude and direction, but time does not have length.

Edited January 24, 2014 by Endercreeper01