The stationary gravitational field near spatial infinity
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Abstract
Any stationary, asymptotically flat solution to Einstein's equation is shown to asymptotically approach the Kerr solution in a precise sense. As an application of this result we prove a technical lemma on the existence of harmonic coordinates near infinity.
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Differential Geometry Gravitational Field Technical Lemma Precise Sense Kerr Solution
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