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Robert Charles Vaughan
R. C. Vaughan in 2008
Born	March 24, 1945 ( 1945 -03-24) (age 64)
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	Penn State
Alma mater	University of London
Doctoral advisor	Theodor Estermann
Doctoral students	Trevor Wooley
Known for	Analytic number theory Exponential sums Hardy–Littlewood circle method
Notable awards	Fellow of the Royal Society

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

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.

His main research interest is number theory.

See also

• Vaughan's identity

Writings

• The Hardy–Littlewood Method. Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics. 125 (2nd ed. ed.). Cambridge University Press. 1997. ISBN 9780521573474.  
• Hugh L. Montgomery; Robert C. Vaughan (2007). Multiplicative number theory I. Classical theory. Cambridge tracts in advanced mathematics. 97. ISBN 0-521-84903-9.  

External links

• Bob Vaughan at the Mathematics Genealogy Project