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Roy Kerr

1934 - Today

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Roy Patrick Kerr (; born 16 May 1934) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Kerr has received more than 195,490 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Kerr is the 690th most popular mathematician (down from 502nd in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 35th in 2019) and the most popular New Zealander Mathematician.

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  • 200k

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  • 55.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Roy Kerr ranks 690 out of 1,004. Before him are David Gale, Sylvestre François Lacroix, Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Edmond Laguerre, Pierre Raymond de Montmort, and Giovanni Battista Zupi. After him are Viktor Sadovnichiy, Jürgen Moser, Heinz Hopf, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, Lewis Fry Richardson, and Eduard Čech.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Roy Kerr ranks 316. Before him are Junior Wells, Leonid Stein, Nikolai Slichenko, Susan George, Lew Hoad, and Turan Dursun. After him are Roger Norrington, Lyudmila Shevtsova, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Alan Bennett, Kamala Surayya, and Tonina Torrielli.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Roy Kerr ranks 45 out of 303. Before him are Rob Hall (1961), Ronald Syme (1903), Ngaio Marsh (1895), Keith Urban (1967), Jacinda Ardern (1980), and William Phillips (1914). After him are Anthony Wilding (1883), Antony Starr (1975), Jean Batten (1909), Patsy Reddy (1954), Kevin Smith (1963), and Howden Ganley (1941).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In New Zealand

Among mathematicians born in New Zealand, Roy Kerr ranks 1. After him are Vaughan Jones (1952), and Alexander Aitken (1895).

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