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On the validity of the geodesic motion near a black hole: A clarification

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Lettere al Nuovo Cimento (1971-1985)

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Ot has recently been claimed by Tangherlini that the concept of a test particle following a geodesic breaks down near the Schwarzschild event horizon. We argue that this claim is not valid.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Poona, 411007, Pune, India

    N. Dadhich

  2. Astrophysics Group, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 400005, Bombay, India

    T. Padmanabhan

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Dadhich, N., Padmanabhan, T. On the validity of the geodesic motion near a black hole: A clarification. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 33, 317–318 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02725554

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