Metric tensor at second perturbation order for spherically symmetric space-times.

It is shown in this paper, that if the Einstein Equivalence Principle is valid on a particular metric theory of gravitation in a spherically symmetric space-time, then the time metric component is not equal to the negative of the inverse radial one unless the underlying potential is inversely proportional to the radial coordinate. At the weak field limit of approximation, a general formula is calculated and applied to some useful cases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]