Robert Geroch Explained
Robert Geroch (born 1 June 1942 in Akron, Ohio)[1] is an American theoretical physicist and professor at the University of Chicago. He has worked prominently on general relativity and mathematical physics and has promoted the use of category theory in mathematics and physics. He was the Ph.D. supervisor for Abhay Ashtekar, Basilis Xanthopoulos and Gary Horowitz. He also proved an important theorem in spin geometry.
Education
Geroch obtained his Ph.D. degree from Princeton University in 1967 under the supervision of John Archibald Wheeler, with a thesis on Singularities in the spacetime of general relativity: their definition, existence, and local characterization.
Writings
Chapters
- Book: Geroch, Robert . Esposito. F. P.. Witten. L.. Asymptotic Structure of Space-Time . Asymptotic Structure of Space-Time . Springer US . Boston, MA . 1977 . 978-1-4684-2345-7 . 10.1007/978-1-4684-2343-3_1.
- Horowitz, G.T and Geroch, R.P. (1979) "Global structure of spacetimes", p. 212–293. In Hawking S.W. and Israel, W (eds): General Relativity: An Einstein Centenary Survey. Cambridge University Press 1979
Articles
- Geroch . R. P. . Singularities in Closed Universes . Physical Review Letters . 17 . 8 . 1966-08-22 . 0031-9007 . 10.1103/PhysRevLett.17.445 . 445–447.
- Geroch . Robert P. . Topology in General Relativity . Journal of Mathematical Physics . 8 . 4 . 1967-04-01 . 0022-2488 . 10.1063/1.1705276 . 782–786.
- Geroch . Robert . Multipole Moments. I. Flat Space . Journal of Mathematical Physics . 11 . 6 . 1970-06-01 . 0022-2488 . 10.1063/1.1665348 . 1955–1961.
- Geroch . Robert . Domain of Dependence . Journal of Mathematical Physics . 11 . 2 . 1970-02-01 . 0022-2488 . 10.1063/1.1665157 . 437–449.
- Geroch, R.P. (1971) "Space-time structure from a global viewpoint," Rend. Scu. Int. Fis. Enrico Fermi 47: 71-103(1971); in B.K.Sachs, ed., General Relativity and Cosmology (New York, Academic Press, 1971).
- Geroch . Robert . A Method for Generating Solutions of Einstein's Equations . Journal of Mathematical Physics . 12 . 6 . 1971-06-01 . 0022-2488 . 10.1063/1.1665681 . 918–924.
- Geroch . Robert . A Method for Generating New Solutions of Einstein's Equation. II . Journal of Mathematical Physics . 13 . 3 . 1972-03-01 . 0022-2488 . 10.1063/1.1665990 . 394–404.
- Geroch . Robert . Einstein algebras . Communications in Mathematical Physics . 26 . 4 . 1972 . 0010-3616 . 10.1007/BF01645521 . 271–275.
- Geroch. R. P.. Kronheimer. E. H.. Penrose. R.. Ideal points in space-time . Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences . 327 . 1571 . 1972-04-25 . 0080-4630 . 10.1098/rspa.1972.0062 . 545–567.
- Ashtekar . A . Geroch . R . Quantum theory of gravitation . Reports on Progress in Physics . 37 . 10 . 1974-10-01 . 0034-4885 . 10.1088/0034-4885/37/10/001 . 1211–1256.
Books
- Book: R. Geroch . General Relativity from A to B . . 1981 . 0-226-28863-3 . registration .
- Book: R. Geroch . Mathematical Physics (Lectures in Physics). University of Chicago Press . 1985 . 0-226-28862-5.
- Book: R. Geroch . Perspectives in computation. University of Chicago Press . 2009 . 978-0-226-28855-0.
- Book: R. Geroch . Geometrical Quantum Mechanics: 1974 Lecture Notes (Lecture Notes Series) (Volume 3). Minkowski Institute Press; 1 edition . 2013. 978-1927763049.
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External links
Notes and References
- American Men and Women of Science, Thomson Gale, 2004
