List of contributors to general relativity

This is a partial list of persons who have made major contributions to the (mainstream) development of general relativity, as acknowledged by standard texts on the subject. Some related lists are mentioned at the bottom of the page.

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General relativity
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Introduction History Mathematical formulation Tests
Fundamental concepts Principle of relativity Theory of relativity Frame of reference Inertial frame of reference Inertial mass Rest frame Center-of-momentum frame Light cone Equivalence principle Mass in general relativity Mass–energy equivalence Invariant mass Spacetime symmetries Special relativity Doubly special relativity de Sitter invariant special relativity Scale relativity World line Proper time Principle of locality Riemannian geometry Energy condition
Phenomena Gravitoelectromagnetism Kepler problem Gravity Gravitational field Gravity well Gravitational lensing Gravitational waves Gravitational redshift Redshift Blueshift Time dilation Gravitational time dilation Shapiro time delay Gravitational potential Gravitational compression Gravitational collapse Frame-dragging Geodetic effect Apparent horizon Event horizon Gravitational singularity Naked singularity Black hole White hole Spacetime Space Time Spacetime diagrams Minkowski spacetime Closed timelike curve (CTC) Wormhole Ellis wormhole
Equations Formalisms Equations Linearized gravity Einstein field equations Friedmann Geodesics Mathisson–Papapetrou–Dixon Hamilton–Jacobi–Einstein Curvature invariant (general relativity) Lorentzian manifold Formalisms ADM BSSN Newman–Penrose Post-Newtonian Advanced theory Brans–Dicke theory Cosmic censorship hypothesis Kaluza–Klein theory Quantum gravity Supergravity
Solutions Relativistic disk Schwarzschild (interior) Reissner–Nordström Gödel Kerr Kerr–Newman Kasner Lemaître–Tolman Taub-NUT Milne Robertson–Walker pp-wave van Stockum dust Weyl–Lewis–Papapetrou Vacuum solution
Theorems Birkhoff's theorem Geroch's splitting theorem Goldberg–Sachs theorem Lovelock's theorem No-hair theorem Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems Positive energy theorem
Scientists Einstein Lorentz Hilbert Poincaré Schwarzschild de Sitter Reissner Nordström Weyl Eddington Friedman Milne Zwicky Lemaître Gödel Wheeler Robertson Bardeen Walker Kerr Chandrasekhar Ehlers Penrose Hawking Raychaudhuri Taylor Hulse van Stockum Taub Newman Yau Thorne others