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A local characterization of Schwarzschild and Reissner metrics

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A local characterization of Schwarzschild and Reissner metrics is made by using the concepts of infinitesimal null anisotropy (or equivalently, infinitesimal isotropy) and weak affinity.

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  1. Departamento de Analise Matematica, Facultade de Matematicas, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    E. García-Río

  2. Department of Mathematics, Middle East Technical University, 06531, Ankara, Turkey

    D. N. Kupeli

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García-Río, E., Kupeli, D.N. A local characterization of Schwarzschild and Reissner metrics. Gen Relat Gravit 26, 1233–1248 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02106715

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