Write . Radial null paths satisfy , whose integral uses the Schwarzschild tortoise coordinate . The incoming and outgoing families are therefore
with constants . For an exterior outgoing ray, put . As , , so for a positive ray-dependent . As , the logarithm is smaller than the linear term, giving .
In ingoing Eddington-Finkelstein coordinates, , so . Substitution cancels the singular term and gives
This metric is regular at . In the requested chart , the incoming rays are and the outgoing rays satisfy
Incoming rays move inward everywhere. Outgoing rays move outward outside the horizon, remain at constant radius on it, and also move inward inside it.
Figure 1.
Radial null trajectories in a regular ingoing Schwarzschild chart, with future directions and the event horizon marked
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The line is the Schwarzschild event horizon, a null boundary of the future black-hole region. It is a coordinate singularity of Schwarzschild time, not a curvature singularity; the curvature singularity is at . Signals from the future black-hole interior cannot cross it outward.
Finally parametrize any future-directed timelike observer in that interior by proper time . Normalization in the given metric gives
The future direction in the ingoing chart has , so . The proper-time bound inside a Schwarzschild black hole is
Thus a future-continued observer must reach the singular boundary in finite proper time, regardless of acceleration or angular motion. The black-hole future orientation is essential; a past-directed path or a future path in a white-hole interior is a different statement.