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Hans Stephani | |
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| Born | January 20, 1935 Brumby, Germany |
| Died | September 14, 2003 (aged 68) |
| Citizenship | German |
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| Fields | Relativity Mathematics |
| Thesis | The structure of fields and equations of motion of charged gravitating point masses in the first and second (post-Newtonian) approximation (of Einstein’s theory) (1963) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ernst Schmutzer[1] |
Hans Stephani (January 20, 1935 — September 14, 2003) was a German physicist who mainly worked on the General theory of relativity.[2]
Biography
[edit]Stephani obtained his master's degree at Jena in 1958 under the supervision of Gerhard Heber. He finished his PhD under Ernst Schmutzer at University of Jena and joined as a lecturer there. His wife Irmtraud Stephani is a mathematician at the same university. He retired in 2000.
Books
[edit]- Hans Stephani, Dietrich Kramer, Malcolm MacCallum, Cornelius Hoenselaers, Eduard Herlt (2009). Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations. Cambridge University Press.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Hans Stephani, Malcolm MacCallum (1990). Differential Equations: Their Solution Using Symmetries. Cambridge University Press.
- Hans Stephani (2004). Relativity: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity. Cambridge University Press.
References
[edit]- ^ "Hans Stephani". The Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- ^ MacCallum, M. (April 2004). "Memorial: Hans Stephani". General Relativity and Gravitation. 36 (4): 899–901. Bibcode:2004GReGr..36..899M. doi:10.1023/B:GERG.0000017042.76727.06. S2CID 121677646.
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