Roger Heath-Brown
English mathematician and theorist
Contributed significantly to number theory, particularly in prime number distributions and the analytic theory of numbers. Served as a professor at the University of Oxford, engaging in research on various mathematical conjectures. Published numerous papers and worked on problems such as the distribution of prime numbers and arithmetic functions.
Contributed to the Bombieri-Vinogradov theorem
Worked on the Waring's problem
Studied the distribution of prime numbers
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