Richard Schoen
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Richard Melvin Schoen (b. October 23, 1950) is an American mathematician. He received his PhD from Stanford University where he is currently a Robert M. Bass Professor of Humanities and Sciences.
In 1979, together with his former doctoral supervisor, Shing-Tung Yau, he proved the fundamental positive energy theorem in general relativity.
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