Andrzej Trautman
Andrzej Trautman | |
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| Born | 4 January 1933 |
| Alma mater | Warsaw University of Technology |
| Known for | Robinson–Trautman gravitational waves Trautman recovery theorem in Newton–Cartan theory |
| Awards | Marian Smoluchowski Medal (1986) Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Warsaw |
| Doctoral advisor | Leopold Infeld |
| Doctoral students | Jerzy Lewandowski |
Andrzej Mariusz Trautman (Polish: [ˈtrauman]; born January 4, 1933) is a Polish mathematical physicist who has made contributions to classical gravitation in general and to general relativity in particular.
He made contributions to gravitation as early as 1958. The "Trautman-Bondi mass" is named after him.