Some further notes on the Kruskal - Szekeres completion

2012/02/04 by Kayll Lake, Lake, Kayll
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Differential Geometry Research #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1202.0860

2 pages revtex 4.1. Updated and corrected

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Abstract

In this pedagogical note, the Kruskal - Szekeres completion of the Schwarzschild spacetime is obtained explicitly in a few steps.

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