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Robert Charles "Bob" Vaughan FRS (born 24 March 1945) is a British
mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...
, working in the field of analytic number theory.


Life

Since 1999 he has been Professor at
Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State becam ...
, and since 1990
Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematic ...
. He did his
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at the
University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degre ...
under supervision of Theodor Estermann. He supervised Trevor Wooley's PhD.


Awards

In 2012 he became a fellow of the
American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings ...
.List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
retrieved 2013-08-28.


See also

* Vaughan's identity


Writings

* *


References


External links


Robert C. Vaughan's Home page
(includes CV and list of publications) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaughan, Bob 1945 births Living people Fellows of the Royal Society Alumni of the University of London Fellows of the American Mathematical Society