Roy Kerr
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Roy Kerr is a New Zealand mathematician and physicist best known for discovering the exact solution to Einstein’s field equations describing rotating black holes.
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| instanceOf |
New Zealander
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human → mathematician → physicist → |
| affiliation |
University of Canterbury
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University of Texas at Austin → |
| awardReceived |
Crafoord Prize in Astronomy
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Einstein Medal → Hector Medal → Royal Society of New Zealand medal → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
New Zealand
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| educatedAt |
University of Cambridge
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University of Canterbury → |
| era |
20th-century physics
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21st-century physics → |
| familyName |
Kerr
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| fieldOfWork |
astrophysics
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general relativity → mathematical physics → |
| gender |
male
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| givenName |
Roy
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| hasAcademicAdvisor |
Fred Hoyle
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| hasResearchInterest |
black holes
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exact solutions of Einstein’s equations → relativistic astrophysics → |
| influenced |
development of relativistic astrophysics
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research on astrophysical black holes → |
| knownFor |
Kerr metric
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exact solution of Einstein’s field equations for a rotating black hole → rotating black holes → |
| languageSpoken |
English
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| memberOf |
Royal Society of New Zealand
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| name |
Roy Patrick Kerr
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| notableConcept |
Kerr black hole
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Kerr spacetime → |
| notableWork |
paper introducing the Kerr solution
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| occupation |
mathematician
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physicist → university professor → |
| placeOfBirth |
New Zealand
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Referenced by (6)
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Kerr–Newman black hole
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Kerr–Schild coordinates → |
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University of Canterbury
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University of Canterbury
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Roy Kerr
("Roy Patrick Kerr")
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name |
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Kerr metric
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