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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2004 iii Paper 57 4 i Solution by
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A positive-radius horizon occurs at a zero of V. Set ; multiplying by gives . Thus real roots require . With , the horizon condition and radii areFor both roots are positive, giving an outer event horizon and an inner Cauchy horizon. For they coincide at . For only is a horizon: the formal root was introduced by multiplication and is the singular origin, where the original expression for V is undefined. For there is no horizon and the central singularity is naked. Each positive root is regular in ingoing coordinates , where the radial metric is .
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