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Institutions
  
Penn State

Role
  
Mathematician

Notable students
  
Trevor Wooley

Name
  
Bob Vaughan

Doctoral students
  
Trevor Wooley

Fields
  
Mathematician

Alma mater
  
University of London

Education
  
University of London


Bob Vaughan

Born
  
March 24, 1945 (
1945 -03-24
)

Known for
  
Analytic number theory Exponential sums Hardy–Littlewood circle method

Notable awards
  
Berwick Prize (1979) Fellow of the Royal Society

Doctoral advisor
  
Theodor Estermann

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Robert Charles "Bob" Vaughan FRS (born 24 March 1945) is a British mathematician, working in the field of analytic number theory.

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Life

Since 1999 he has been Professor at Pennsylvania State University, and since 1990 Fellow of the Royal Society. He did his PhD at the University of London under supervision of Theodor Estermann. He supervised Trevor Wooley's PhD.

Awards

In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

Writings

  • The Hardy–Littlewood Method. Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics. 125 (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. 1997. ISBN 978-0-521-57347-4. 
  • Hugh L. Montgomery; Robert C. Vaughan (2007). Multiplicative number theory I. Classical theory. Cambridge tracts in advanced mathematics. 97. ISBN 0-521-84903-9. 
  • References

    Bob Vaughan Wikipedia