Solution

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Regularity at the center requires and a finite central density . The equation of state fixes , and the regular central series begins
For each admissible , ordinary-differential-equation uniqueness determines outward until the first zero of , which defines . The remaining additive constant in is fixed by matching to the exterior Schwarzschild time coordinate. Thus smooth stars form a one-parameter family labelled uniquely by .

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