Felix Finster

Felix Finster (born 6 August 1967, in Mannheim) is a German mathematician working on problems in mathematical physics, geometry and analysis.

Finster studied physics and mathematics at Heidelberg University, where he graduated in 1992 with Franz Wegner and Claus Gerhardt.

Finster works mainly on mathematical problems in general relativity and quantum theory.

More specifically, in collaboration with Niky Kamran, Joel Smoller and Shing-Tung Yau he studies the dynamics of waves in a black hole geometry.

In recent years, the approach was extended to so-called causal fermion systems, which form a mathematical framework for describing quantum geometries.