Talk:Roy Kerr

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[edit] M.Sc. wherewhen?

Roy Kerr could not have received an M.Sc. from St Andrew's College because in Christchurch that is a secondary institution, ie., it is a high school. Perhaps that degree was really from Canterbury University College, as the University of Canterbury was then known.

Hi, if you are in NZ, Kerr must be a local legend in Canterbury. Any chance you can ask someone in the physics department if they know? ---CH (talk) 01:23, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Sadly, Roy Kerr's research is really not that well-known in Canterbury. I doubt he would be considered a "local legend". Whatever celebrity he had was due more to his position as HoD of the Maths department, and of course he hasn't held that position for a number of years. The only reason I ever heard anything about Kerr when I was growing up (in Christchurch) was as a result of my own personal ties to the Canterbury Maths Dept. --Allan McInnes (talk) 19:54, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Me again who added the comment about St Andrews, and I just made a possibly too-wordy update about Kerr's UNZ degree. (Probably he would have needed a B.Sc. before an M.Sc.) I'm a University of Canterbury Computer Science grad living in Silicon Valley, not Maths or Physics. There's a story about Kerr at http://www.comsdev.canterbury.ac.nz/canterbury/Canterbury0402.pdf

[edit] Students beware

I extensively rewrote the August 2005 version of this article and had been monitoring it for bad edits, but I am leaving the WP and am now abandoning this article to its fate.

Just wanted to provide notice that I am only responsible (in part) for the last version I edited; see User:Hillman/Archive. I emphatically do not vouch for anything you might see in more recent versions, although I hope for the best.

Good luck in your search for information, regardless!---CH 03:45, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Important correction(s)

In the original version http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roy_Kerr&oldid=20517806, in lieu of my original plan to einterview Kerr, I relied upon the sources I cited. Kerr himself has just repudiated a rumor which I unfortunately repeated in an extremely valuable eprint http://www.arxiv.org/abs/0706.1109 which should be added forthwith as an external link. Apologies to all! ---CH 00:31, 12 June 2007 (UTC)