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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