Robert Geroch | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 June 1942 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Geroch energy Geroch's splitting theorem Geroch group |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | John Archibald Wheeler |
| Doctoral students | Abhay Ashtekar Gary Horowitz Basilis C. Xanthopoulos |
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.[2][3]