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Kerr metric
In general relativity, the Kerr metric (or Kerr vacuum) describes the geometry of spacetime around a rotating massive body, such as a rotating black hole. This famous exact solution was discovered in 1963 by the New Zealand born mathematician Roy Kerr.
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