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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 iii Paper 311 1 c Solution by
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Let a future-directed causal tangent in the ingoing chart beThe chosen time orientation has ; equality occurs only for the ingoing radial null direction, which has . Causality requiresFor one has . The first and third terms are then nonnegative, so if the inequality forces . If , it forces , and future direction again gives . Thus strictly decreases along every future causal curve in this region. No such curve can cross outward through into , which proves the one-way causal disconnection characteristic of an event horizon.
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