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, structure, space, models, and change.
History
On ...
, working in the field of
analytic number theory.
Life
Since 1999 he has been Professor at
Pennsylvania State University, 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 mathemat ...
. He did his
PhD 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 degree ...
under supervision of
Theodor Estermann
Theodor Estermann (5 February 1902 – 29 November 1991) was a German-born American mathematician, working in the field of analytic number theory. The Estermann measure, a measure of the central symmetry of a convex set in the Euclidean plan ...
.
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
In mathematics and analytic number theory, Vaughan's identity is an identity found by that can be used to simplify Vinogradov's work on trigonometric sums. It can be used to estimate summatory functions of the form
:\sum_ f(n)\Lambda(n)
where ...
Writings
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References
External links
Robert C. Vaughan's Home page
(includes CV and list of publications)
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1945 births
Living people
Fellows of the Royal Society
Alumni of the University of London
Fellows of the American Mathematical Society