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The application of a general method to obtain the profile of the physical variable of a contracting sphere is presented. The model is obtained from the static solutionV of Tolman. It is shown that bouncing of the surface is impossible in this model.
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This work was supported by Consejo de Desarrollo Cientifico y Humanistico de la Universidad de Los Andes under project #c-187-82
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Patiño, A., Rago, H. A sphere contraction in general relativity. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 38, 321–328 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02786001
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02786001