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Tolman wormhole (ds2=(1+λ/r2)2δij​dxidxj)

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For λ>0, this four-dimensional Euclidean metric has two asymptotically flat ends. Inversion ρ=λ/r puts the metric near the r=0 end into the same form with ρ→∞. On r>0, its Ricci scalar vanishes because Δ(r−2)=0, but its Ricci tensor is Rij​=4λ(δij​−4xi​xj​/r2)/(r2+λ)2. It therefore does not satisfy the Vacuum Einstein equations unless λ=0. For negative λ the conformal factor vanishes at a finite radius, so that metric is not a smooth wormhole across that sphere.

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