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I follow the web documentation

I) Metric Ansatz

$$\mathbf G= \left[ \begin {array}{cccc} -{{\rm e}^{2\,u \left( x \right) }}&0&0&0 \\ 0&{{\rm e}^{2\,v \left( x \right) }}&0&0 \\ 0&0&{{\rm e}^{2\,w \left( x \right) }}&0 \\ 0&0&0&{{\rm e}^{2\,w \left( x \right) }} \end {array} \right] $$

II) Ricci Tensor $~\mathbf{RC}~$

$$RC_{1,1}={\frac {d^{2}}{d{x}^{2}}}u \left( x \right) + \left( {\frac {d}{dx}}u \left( x \right) \right) ^{2}- \left( {\frac {d}{dx}}u \left( x \right) \right) {\frac {d}{dx}}v \left( x \right) +2\, \left( { \frac {d}{dx}}u \left( x \right) \right) {\frac {d}{dx}}w \left( x \right) =0\tag 1$$

$$ RC_{2,2}=\left( {\frac {d}{dx}}u \left( x \right) \right) {\frac {d}{dx}}w \left( x \right) +{\frac {d^{2}}{d{x}^{2}}}w \left( x \right) +2\, \left( {\frac {d}{dx}}w \left( x \right) \right) ^{2}- \left( { \frac {d}{dx}}v \left( x \right) \right) {\frac {d}{dx}}w \left( x \right) =0\tag 2$$

$$RC_{3,3}={\frac {d^{2}}{d{x}^{2}}}u \left( x \right) + \left( {\frac {d}{dx}}u \left( x \right) \right) ^{2}- \left( {\frac {d}{dx}}u \left( x \right) \right) {\frac {d}{dx}}v \left( x \right) +2\,{\frac {d^{2}} {d{x}^{2}}}w \left( x \right) +2\, \left( {\frac {d}{dx}}w \left( x \right) \right) ^{2}-2\, \left( {\frac {d}{dx}}v \left( x \right) \right) {\frac {d}{dx}}w \left( x \right) =0\tag 3$$

now if you substitute the function that the author obtains

$$u(x)=\frac 23\,\ln(x)~,v(x)=-\ln(x)~,w(x)=\frac 13\,\ln(x)$$

you obtain that the Ricci tensor unequal zero!, so those solutions are wrong

$$\mathbf{RC}= \left[ \begin {array}{cccc} -{\frac {8}{9}}\,{x}^{4/3}&0&0&0 \\ 0&2/3\,{x}^{-2}&0&0\\ 0&0&4/9\, {x}^{2/3}&0\\ 0&0&0&4/9\,{x}^{2/3}\end {array} \right] \ne \mathbf 0$$

III the Solution

solving the equations (1),(2) and (3) you obtain

$$u(x)=\text{arbitrary}\\ v(x)=-3\,u(x)+ln(u'(x))\\ w(x)=-2\,u(x)$$

with
$$v(x)=0\Rightarrow\\ u(x)=\frac 13 +\ln\left(-\frac{1}{3\,x} \right)\\ w(x)=-2\,u(x)$$

the new metric now

$$\mathbf G=\left[ \begin {array}{cccc} - \left( -1/3\,{x}^{-1} \right) ^{2/3}&0&0 &0\\ 0&1&0&0\\ 0&0& \left( -1/3\,{ x}^{-1} \right) ^{-4/3}&0\\ 0&0&0& \left( -1/3\,{x}^ {-1} \right) ^{-4/3}\end {array} \right] $$

with $~3x=X~$ you obtain the Taub metric!!


this is the Taub metric

$$ ds^2 = -x^{-2/3} dt^2 + dx^2 +x^{4/3}(dz^2 + dy^2)$$

which also satisfy the Einstein field equation

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