Israel's theorem
Israel's theorem
[′iz·rē·əlz ‚thir·əm] (relativity)
A theorem of general relativity essentially proving that the Schwarzschild solution is the unique solution of Einstein's equations describing nonrotating black holes in empty space and that the Reissner-Nordstrom solution is the unique solution describing nonrotating charged black holes.
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