Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2009 iii Paper 56 1 c Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Since , the inverse- radial terms cancel. The Ingoing Eddington-Finkelstein coordinates giveAt , . Thus all coefficients are analytic there, and the determinant of the metric block is , not zero. The angular area is also nonzero. This is an analytic extension of a spacetime through the apparent coordinate singularity, into the regular region .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2010 iii Paper 54 1 b i Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Put and . The apparent failure of the nonrotating BTZ black hole coordinates at is a coordinate singularity. Define the tortoise coordinate and ingoing time byThe Ingoing BTZ coordinates giveAll coefficients are analytic at , and the determinant is , so the metric tensor extends nondegenerately through that radius. The Killing vector field agrees with in the exterior. On , and . It is therefore both normal and tangent to this null hypersurface, proving that it is a Killing horizon.
One may include both horizon branches and their bifurcation surface explicitly. Set , and, initially in the exterior, , . ThenThis analytic extension of a spacetime is regular near , and extends analytically. The surfaces and form the extended Killing horizon at ; vanishes only at their regular bifurcation circle.