Isotropic coordinates
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Isotropic coordinates
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In the theory of Lorentzian manifolds, spherically symmetric spacetimes admit a family of nested round spheres. There are several different types of coordinate chart which are adapted to this family of nested spheres; the best known is the Schwarzschild chart, but the isotropic chart is also often useful.
The defining characteristic of an isotropic chart is that its radial coordinate is defined so that light cones appear round. This means that, the angular isotropic coordinates do not faithfully
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