Abstract
It is known that spherically symmetric spacetimes admit flat spacelike foliations. We point out a simple method of seeing this result via the Hamiltonian contraints of general relativity. The method yields explicit formulas for the extrinsic curvatures of the slicings.
- Received 3 July 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.65.027501
©2001 American Physical Society
