Bob Vaughan

For other people with the same name, see Robert Vaughan (disambiguation).

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

Robert Charles Vaughan
R. C. Vaughan at Oberwolfach in 2008
Born	(1945-03-24) March 24, 1945 (age 80)
Alma mater	University of London
Known for	Analytic number theory Exponential sums Hardy–Littlewood circle method
Awards	Berwick Prize (1979) Fellow of the Royal Society
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	Penn State Imperial College
Doctoral advisor	Theodor Estermann
Doctoral students	Trevor Wooley

Life

Vaughan was born 24 March 1945. He read mathematics at University College London, earning a bachelor's degree with second class honours in 1966.^[1] He completed his PhD in 1970 at the University of London under supervision of Theodor Estermann.^[2] He supervised Trevor Wooley's PhD.^[2]

After postdoctoral research at the University of Nottingham and University of Sheffield, he became a lecturer in 1972 at Imperial College London. He was promoted to reader in 1976 and professor in 1980, and headed the Pure Mathematics Section from 1988 to 1990. Since 1999, he has been Professor at Pennsylvania State University.^[1]

Awards

Vaughan was a 1979 recipient of the Junior Berwick Prize.^[3]

Since 1990 Vaughan has been a Fellow of the Royal Society.^[4] In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.^[5]

In 1990, he was given an honorary doctorate (D.Sc.) by the University of London.^[1]

See also

• Vaughan's identity

Writings

• The Hardy–Littlewood Method. Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics. Vol. 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. Vol. 97. ISBN 978-0-521-84903-6.