Talk:Karl Schwarzschild

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[edit] Why German ?

Why is this man listed as a German Scientist? I see nothing in this article to indicate that he is German. (written by User:24.141.214.87 on May 17th, 2005)

The first sentence says Karl Schwarzschild (October 9, 1873 - May 11, 1916) was a noted German Jewish physicist and astronomer. -- Austrian 17:36, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Students beware

I edited an earlier version of this article and had been monitoring it for bad edits, but I am leaving the WP and am now abandoning this article to its fate.

Just wanted to provide notice that I am only responsible (in part) for the last version I edited; see User:Hillman/Archive. I emphatically do not vouch for anything you might see in more recent versions.

Unfortunately, Schwarzschild's contributions to the theory of black hole are disputed by many cranks and also by some fringe physicists who maintain that his solution as originally presented does not correspond to the same family of vacuum solutions described by the name "Schwarzschild vacuum solution" in mainstream gtr textbooks. According to these fringe physicists, the so-called "original version" does not describe a black hole. This view is mistaken and rests upon an elementary misunderstanding of the radial coordinate in what are now called Schwarzschild coordinates (which, confusingly, is in fact not the same as the coordinate used in the original paper). Nonetheless this claim is promoted in some arXiv eprints, which have either gone unpublished or have been published in second rate journals (but should not have been published, since they are manifestly mathematically incorrect). Another fringe physicist has claimed in several arXiv eprints that the Kruskal Szekeres coordinates are not well defined. This is another mathematical error.

Given this, it is likely that at least some future versions of this article will contain misinformation about Schwarzschild's contributions to physics. In particular, it is likely that future versions will contain external links to mathematically erroneous fringe physics eprints which will however most likely be misleadingly portrayed as having been accepted in mainstream physics, which is certainly not true.

Good luck to all students in your search for information, regardless!---CH 01:15, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contributions to Einstein's Theories

Can anyone expand this part of the article? It may have been overblown with older edits on Albert Einstein but its definitely worth noting it details. 141.211.251.69 18:22, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

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