Penrose diagram


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Penrose diagram

[′pen‚rōz ‚dī·ə‚gram]
(relativity)
A diagram of a space-time where the causal and infinity structure is displayed through the use of conformal transformations. Also known as conformal diagram.
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The patch M is region I of Penrose diagram for SdS black hole solution (shown as Figure 1).
Caption: FIGURE 1: Penrose diagram for SdS black hole solution.
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