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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 52 3 b ii Solution by
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The change to ingoing Kerr coordinates adds functions of to and , and leaves unchanged. Differentiating at fixed therefore gives and . Differentiating at fixed gives and . Hence the two Killing vector fields areThey remain the stationary and axial Killing vector fields; the coordinate change does not mix their generators with .
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