Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 ii Paper 4 34D a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-06
Write and . Since , . Substitution gives the outgoing Outgoing Eddington-Finkelstein coordinatesThe radial block has determinant , independent of , and all coefficients are smooth at . This is a coordinate singularity of the static chart, not a spacetime singularity. The transformation was defined inside the horizon, but the new metric itself extends smoothly across it.
At the spherical angular coordinates degenerate as usual. Cartesian spatial coordinates make the original static metric regular there: and the extra spatial radial correction is . Thus the origin is not a spacetime singularity either.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 iii Paper 311 1 c i Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
Define Outgoing Eddington-Finkelstein coordinates by . The radial Schwarzschild metric becomesOutgoing radio rays have constant . Two nearby wave crests emitted at Alice's proper times and have separation . At Bob's fixed radius , and , where . Thus the exact local redshift isHere the wavelength ratio equals the proper time period ratio in geometric optics. Equivalently, the phase gradient gives Alice's measured frequency and Bob's .
In the asymptotically distant-observer limit , this becomes . “Far away” is the approximation behind the printed formula; at finite the factor remains.