Arlie Petters
Mathematical physicist of gravitational lensing
At a glance
- Inventor
- Arlie Petters
- Life
- born 1964
- Birthplace
- Dangriga, Belize
- Country
- Belize / United States
- Region
- Caribbean
- Era
- 2000–Present
- Fields
- Science & Engineering, Space & Aerospace
- Evidence
- Documented
- Records
- 0 in this archive
What they did
Petters developed the mathematical theory of gravitational lensing — how mass bends light — including results on the number and structure of images a lens can produce, work later applied to tests of general relativity near black holes.
Historical context
He became the first Black mathematics professor to receive tenure at Princeton, and later a professor of mathematics and physics at Duke.
The legacy
He founded the Petters Research Institute in Belize to build science and mathematics capacity in the country he was born in.
The evidence
Singularity Theory and Gravitational Lensing
ScholarshipFaculty record, Department of Mathematics
Institutional record
Documentation strength
- 2
- Sources
- 0
- Primary
- 2
- Publishers
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