The Mathematical Theory of RelativityEddington, Arthur Stanley, Sir
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The Mathematical Theory of Relativity
Eddington, Arthur Stanley, Sir
Relativity (Physics)
Substitute from \Eq{(38.5)} and \Eq{(38.32)} in these, and collect the terms. The
equations to be satisfied become\label{eqn:(38.6)}
\begin{align*}
G_{11} &= \tfrac{1}{2}\nu'' - \tfrac{1}{4} \lambda' \nu' + \tfrac{1}{4} \nu'^{2} - \lambda'/r = 0,
\Tag{(38.61)}\displaybreak[0] \\
G_{22} &= e^{-\lambda} \bigl(1 + \tfrac{1}{2}r(\nu' - \lambda')\bigr) - 1 = 0,
\Tag{(38.62)}\displaybreak[0] \\
G_{33} &= \sin^{2}\theta · e^{-\lambda} \bigl(1 + \tfrac{1}{2}r(\nu' - \lambda')\bigr) - \sin^{2}\theta = 0,
\Tag{(38.63)}\displaybreak[0] \\
G_{44} &= e^{\nu-\lambda} (-\tfrac{1}{2} \nu'' + \tfrac{1}{4} \lambda' \nu' - \tfrac{1}{4} \nu'^{2} - \nu'/r) = 0,
\Tag{(38.64)} \\
%[** TN: Omitted extra "= 0"]
G_{12} &= 0.
\Tag{(38.65)}
\end{align*}
We may leave aside \Eq{(38.63)} which is a mere repetition of~\Eq{(38.62)}; then there
are left three equations to be satisfied by $\lambda$ and~$\nu$. From \Eq{(38.61)} and \Eq{(38.64)}
we have $\lambda' = -\nu'$. Since $\lambda$ and~$\nu$ are to vanish together at $r = \infty$, this requires
that
\[
\lambda = -\nu.
\]
Then \Eq{(38.62)} becomes
\[
e^{\nu} (1 + r\nu') = 1.
\]
Set $e^{\nu} = \gamma$, then
\[
\gamma + r\gamma' = 1.
\]
Hence, integrating,
\[
\gamma = 1 - \frac{2m}{r},
\Tag{(38.7)}
\]
where $2m$~is a constant of integration.
It will be found that all three equations are satisfied by this solution.
Accordingly, substituting $e^{-\lambda} = e^{\nu} = \gamma$ in~\Eq{(38.2)},
\[
ds^{2} = -\gamma^{-1}\, dr^{2} - r^{2}\, d\theta^{2} - r^{2} \sin^{2}\theta\, d\phi^{2} + \gamma\, dt^{2},
\Tag{(38.8)}
\]
where $\gamma = 1 - 2m/r$, is a particular solution of Einstein's gravitational equations
$G_{\mu\nu} = 0$. The solution in this form was first obtained by Schwarzschild.
\Section{39.}{Planetary orbits}
\index{Orbits of planets}%
\index{Planetary orbits}%
According to~\Eq{(15.7)} the track of a particle moving freely in the space-time
given by~\Eq{(38.8)} is determined by the equations of a geodesic~\Eq{(28.5)}, viz.\
\[
\frac{d^{2}x_{\alpha}}{ds^{2}} + \{\mu\nu, \alpha\}\, \frac{dx_{\mu}}{ds}\, \frac{dx_{\nu}}{ds} = 0.
\Tag{(39.1)}
\]
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