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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 iii Paper 54 1 b ii Solution by
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For a perfect fluid in general relativity with nonnegative energy density and pressure, the dominant energy condition is . Pressure decreases outward, so it is enough to test the central pressure. Put ; the regular Interior Schwarzschild metric requires . The central pressure of a constant-density relativistic star givesTherefore the dominant-energy compactness bound for an incompressible star isEquality has and a finite central pressure; it is allowed by the non-strict dominant energy condition. This is stronger than the regular-star Buchdahl's theorem limit .
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