# Alternative space-time for the point mass

@article{Abrams1979AlternativeSF,
title={Alternative space-time for the point mass},
author={Leonard S. Abrams},
journal={Physical Review D},
year={1979},
volume={20},
pages={2474-2479}
}
• L. S. Abrams
• Published 15 November 1979
• Materials Science
• Physical Review D
Schwarzschild's actual exterior solution (${g}_{\mathrm{S}}$) is resurrected, and together with the manifold ${M}_{0}={R}^{4}\ensuremath{-}{r=0}$ is shown to constitute a space-time possessing all the properties historically thought to be required of a point mass. On the other hand, the metric (${g}_{\mathrm{DW}}$) that today is ascribed to Schwarzschild, but which was in fact first obtained by Droste and Weyl, is shown to give rise to a space-time that is neither equivalent to Schwarzschild's…
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