Eddington–Finkelstein coordinate system

C2468
concept

The Eddington–Finkelstein coordinate system is a reformulation of the Schwarzschild spacetime using null (lightlike) coordinates that smoothly extend across the event horizon, eliminating the coordinate singularity present in standard Schwarzschild coordinates.

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Eddington–Finkelstein coordinate system canonical 2

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Class: Eddington–Finkelstein coordinate system
Generated description
The Eddington–Finkelstein coordinate system is a reformulation of the Schwarzschild spacetime using null (lightlike) coordinates that smoothly extend across the event horizon, eliminating the coordinate singularity present in standard Schwarzschild coordinates.

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Eddington–Finkelstein coordinates
surface form: ingoing Eddington–Finkelstein coordinates