van Stockum dust

Summary

van Stockum dust is a dust solution^[1]. It draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (dust_solution category, ranking #2 of 2).^[2]

Key Facts

• van Stockum dust is credited with the discovery of Cornelius Lanczos^[3].
• van Stockum dust is credited with the discovery of Willem Jacob van Stockum^[4].
• van Stockum dust's instance of is recorded as dust solution^[5].
• Willem Jacob van Stockum is named after van Stockum dust^[6].
• +1924-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of van Stockum dust^[7].
• van Stockum dust's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07vxgd^[8].
• van Stockum dust's defining formula is recorded as \mathrm ds^2=-\mathrm dt^2-2(r/r_0)r\,\mathrm dt\,\mathrm d\varphi+\left(1-(r/r_0)^2\right)r^2\,d\varphi^2+\left(\mathrm dz^2+\mathrm dr^2\right)\exp(-r^2/2r_0^2)^[9].
• van Stockum dust's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780525558^[10].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Cornelius Lanczos^[3], a mathematician^[11], 1893–1974^[12], of Hungary^[13], awarded the Chauvenet Prize^[14], specialised in theoretical physics^[15] and Willem Jacob van Stockum^[4], a physicist^[16], 1910–1944^[17], of Kingdom of the Netherlands^[18], specialised in general relativity^[19].

Why It Matters

van Stockum dust draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (dust_solution category, ranking #2 of 2).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20]