Hans Stephani
{{Short description|German physicist (1935–2003)}}
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|birth_place = Brumby, Germany
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|field = Relativity
Mathematics
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| thesis_title = 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)
| thesis_year = 1963
|doctoral_advisor = Ernst Schmutzer{{cite web | url=https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=67567 | title=Hans Stephani |work=The Mathematics Genealogy Project}}
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Hans Stephani (January 20, 1935 — September 14, 2003) was a German physicist who mainly worked on the General theory of relativity.{{Cite journal | doi=10.1023/B:GERG.0000017042.76727.06| title=Memorial: Hans Stephani| journal=General Relativity and Gravitation| volume=36| issue=4| pages=899–901| date=April 2004| last1=MacCallum| first1=M.| bibcode=2004GReGr..36..899M| s2cid=121677646}}
Biography
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
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- {{cite book|author=Hans Stephani, Dietrich Kramer, Malcolm MacCallum, Cornelius Hoenselaers, Eduard Herlt|title=Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations|year=2009|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}
- {{cite book|author=Hans Stephani, Malcolm MacCallum|title=Differential Equations: Their Solution Using Symmetries|url=https://archive.org/details/differentialequa0000step|url-access=registration|year=1990|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}
- {{cite book|author=Hans Stephani|title=Relativity: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity|year=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}
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Category:20th-century German physicists
Category:University of Jena alumni
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