An easy problem in general relativity

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From: Mcinnes B T (Dr)
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 09:29

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Question: what is the mass of the object represented by the
Schwarzschild solution?
Answer: Zero. Exactly zero. It's a vacuum solution, remember?
Comments? [Please don't tell me that the mass is all squashed up "inside
the singularity".]

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