List of things named after Roger Penrose

This is a list of things named for the British scientist Roger Penrose:

Mathematics

 * Moore–Penrose inverse, the most widely known generalization of the inverse matrix in particular linear algebra
 * Penrose graphical notation, a visual depiction of multilinear functions or tensors
 * Penrose stairs, impossible object (co-created with his father Lionel Penrose)
 * Penrose tiling, an example of an aperiodic tiling
 * Penrose triangle, impossible object (co-created with his father Lionel Penrose)
 * Penrose unilluminable room, first solution to the illumination problem

Physics

 * Penrose diagram, a two-dimensional diagram capturing the causal relations between different points in spacetime
 * Penrose–Terrell effect, visual distortion according to the special theory of relativity
 * Newman–Penrose formalism, a set of notation for general relativity
 * Penrose inequality, estimation of the mass of a spacetime
 * Penrose conjecture
 * Penrose interpretation, speculation about the relationship between quantum mechanics and general relativity
 * Diósi–Penrose model, possible solution to the measurement problem
 * Penrose process, or Penrose mechanism, a theoretical means whereby energy can be extracted from a rotating black hole
 * Penrose singularity theorem in general relativity
 * Penrose transform, a complex analogue of the Radon transform in theoretical physics
 * Penrose–Ward correspondence
 * Geroch–Held–Penrose formalism
 * Rietdijk–Putnam–Penrose argument, version of Rietdijk–Putnam argument

Other

 * Penrose–Lucas argument, a logical argument