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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 ii Paper 4 34D c Solution by
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Radial null curves obey . For their unparameterized paths,Inside the horizon, the first family satisfies , so and is outgoing. The second satisfies and is ingoing. Integrating gives for outgoing rays and for ingoing rays. The null paths are geodesics after suitable reparameterization; for example in the two-dimensional radial metric each null direction has covariant acceleration proportional to itself.
To show constant- rays at the requested angle, the diagram uses vertical plotting coordinate and horizontal , with equal scale. This is the stated tilted grid: constant becomes a line of slope one. The ingoing curves bend to decreasing as approaches the horizon.
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