Solution

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The normal to a surface of constant is , and the inverse ingoing metric gives
Hence is a null hypersurface. Let
This constant linear combination of Killing vector fields is Killing. Its squared norm is
which vanishes at . More strongly, lowering its index in the ingoing metric gives on the horizon. It is therefore the null normal and generator, so the surface is a Killing horizon.
Using on a Killing horizon, the squared term contributes no first derivative at and
Differentiating at its simple outer root gives
so the surface gravity is
It vanishes in the extremal case .

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