Robert Bartnik

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Robert Bartnik is an Australian mathematician based at Monash University. He is known for his contribution to general relativity, particularly for the existence of ADM mass for asymptotically flat vacuums. He gained his Bachelor and Masters degrees from Melbourne University and his PhD from Princeton University in 1983. His dissertation subject was "Existence of Maximal Hypersurfaces". In 2004 he was elected as a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science at which time it was noted

He is perhaps best known for his work with John McKinnon on particle-like solutions of the Einstein Yang-Mills equation, but he has worked widely on applications of geometry and analysis to the study of spacetime structure.

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• Bartnik, R. (1986). "The mass of an asymptotically flat manifold". Commun. pure appl. math. volume 39: page 661. 
• Biographical page at School of Mathematics, Monash University. Monash University (24 September 2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-04.
• Australian Academy of Science fellows (pdf). Australian Mathematical Society (July 2004). Retrieved on 2008-03-04.
• Robert Andrzej Bartnik. Mathematics Genealogy Project. North Dakota State University Department of Mathematics, in association with the American Mathematical Society. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.