Roy Kerr
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 90 |
Date of birth | May 16,1934 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Kurow |
New Zealand | |
Thesis | Equations of Motion in General Relativity |
Known for | Kerr metric |
Awards | Hector Memorial Medal |
Hughes Medal | |
Rutherford Medal | |
Albert Einstein Medal | |
Crafoord Prize | |
Hector Medal | |
Field | Mathematics |
Education | Syracuse University |
University of Cambridge | |
Thesi | General Relativity |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 805684 |
Roy Kerr Life story
Roy Patrick Kerr CNZM FRS FRSNZ is a New Zealand mathematician who discovered the Kerr geometry, an exact solution to the Einstein field equation of general relativity. His solution models the gravitational field outside an uncharged rotating massive object, including a rotating black hole.