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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2012 iii Paper 58 2 a Solution by
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Axisymmetry preserves the horizon, so the axial Killing vector field is tangent to it, so its null normal obeys and . Therefore andThus there. A generator has , , making its angular velocity relative to the nonrotating stationary frame at infinity. For Kerr it is the Kerr horizon angular velocity ; the argument itself is not Kerr-specific.
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