Schwarzschild metric
Schwarzschild's geometry is described by the metric
(in units where the speed of light is one, c = 1)
ds2 =
- ( 1 - rs / r ) dt2
+ ( 1 - rs / r )-1 dr2
+ r2 do2
.
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The quantity ds denotes the invariant spacetime interval,
an absolute measure of the distance between two events in space and time,
t is a `universal' time coordinate,
r is the circumferential radius,
defined so that the circumference of a sphere at radius r is
2 pi r,
and do is an interval of spherical solid angle.
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