An alternative approach to the static spherically symmetric, vacuum global solution to the Einstein equations (Q1630081)

Summary: We propose an alternative description of the Schwarzschild black hole based on the requirement that the solution is static not only outside the horizon but also inside it. As a consequence of this assumption, we are led to a change of signature implying a complex transformation of an angle variable. There is a ``phase transition'' on the surface \(R = 2 m\), producing a change in the symmetry as we cross this surface. Some consequences of this situation on the motion of test particles are investigated.