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gptkbp:instanceOf
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mathematician
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gptkbp:academicAdvisor
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gptkb:John_von_Neumann
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:University_of_Canterbury
gptkb:University_of_New_Zealand
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:University_of_Otago
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Hawking_Medal
Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1934-08-28
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Dunedin,_New_Zealand
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gptkbp:contribution
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solution_to_the_Einstein_field_equations
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gptkbp:field
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theoretical physics
mathematics
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gptkbp:honors
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gptkb:New_Zealand_Order_of_Merit
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_New_Zealand
Fellow_of_the_American_Physical_Society
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Roy P. Kerr
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gptkbp:influence
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cosmology
theoretical astrophysics
mathematical relativity
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:David_Hilbert
gptkb:John_Archibald_Wheeler
gptkb:Albert_Einstein
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gptkbp:inventor
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gptkb:Kerr_solution
gptkb:Kerr-Newman_metric
Kerr black hole solution
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Kerr_metric
Kerr black hole
rotating black holes
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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David W. McGowan
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gptkbp:occupation
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professor
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gptkbp:publications
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gptkb:Black_Holes_and_Time_Warps
General Relativity and Gravitation
The Kerr Solution
Rotating Black Holes in General Relativity
The Einstein Equations and the Kerr Solution
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gptkbp:researchFocus
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mathematical physics
general relativity
black holes
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Australia
gptkb:New_Zealand
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