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We show that the 1 + 1 dimensional reduction(i.e., the radial plane) of the Kruskal black hole canbe embedded in 2 + 1 Minkowski spacetime and discuss howfeatures of this spacetime can be seen from theembedding diagram. The purpose of this work iseducational: The associated embedding diagrams may beuseful for explaining aspects of black holes to studentswho are familiar with special relativity, but notgeneral relativity.
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Marolf, D. Spacetime Embedding Diagrams for Black Holes. General Relativity and Gravitation 31, 919–944 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026646507201
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