Solution

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For a curve with fixed , its tangent is proportional to . The Vaidya metric has , so the curve is a null curve. Moreover, the Christoffel symbols with two lower indices vanish:
because is constant and every other is zero. Thus the covariant derivative along this tangent gives . The geodesic equation is satisfied with as an affine parameter; choosing future orientation gives the tangent and an affine parameter increasing as . These are the ingoing radial null geodesics.

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