Maximal Extension of Schwarzschild Metric

1960/09/01 by Martin D. Kruskal · 10 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Mathematics · #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Algebraic and Geometric Analysis #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Extension (predicate logic) #Schwarzschild metric #Schwarzschild radius #Physics #Schwarzschild geodesics #Metric (unit) #Kerr metric #Mathematical physics #Deriving the Schwarzschild solution #Theoretical physics #Classical mechanics #Gravitation #General relativity #Computer science

paper · doi:10.1103/physrev.119.1743

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Abstract

There is presented a particularly simple transformation of the Schwarzschild metric into new coordinates, whereby the "spherical singularity" is removed and the maximal singularity-free extension is clearly exhibited.

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