The Eddington-Finkelstein coordinates were introduced to eliminate the Schwarzschild singularity in general relativity. Arthur Eddington published his original paper titled "A comparison of Whitehead's and Einstein's formulas" in the journal Nature, volume 113, in 1924. David Finkelstein further developed these coordinates in his 1958 paper "Past-future asymmetry of the gravitational field of a point particle," published in Physical Review, volume 110, pages 965-967. These contributions are pivotal in understanding black hole physics and the behavior of spacetime.
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dlw181 said:Can anyone tell me the date and the journal of Eddington's original paper that suggested the new coordinate system to remove the Schwarzschild singularity? I understand it was in the 1920s.
Thanks.