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Ellis, G.F.R. On the definition of distance in general relativity: I. M. H. Etherington (Philosophical Magazine ser. 7, vol. 15, 761 (1933)). Gen Relativ Gravit 39, 1047–1052 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-006-0355-5

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