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In the previous chapter we studied two space–times containing black holes. First we inspected the advanced Eddington–Finkelstein space–time and second the Oppenheimer–Snyder space–time. This background now allows us to define a black hole in a more rigorous way than before (cf. p. 223)
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Hájíček, P. (2008). Stationary Black Holes. In: An Introduction to the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 750. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78659-7_7
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