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In this chapter, we find the gravitational field outside a spherical body of mass m. That is, we find the solution of the vacuum equation analogous to the Newtonian potential
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(2007). Spherical Symmetry. In: General Relativity. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-487-8_7
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