Theoretical Physics
Eikonal Equations for Null Radial Geodesics in the Schwarzschild Metric
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- Miguel Socolovsky*
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, 04510, Ciudad de México, México
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