Roger Heath-Brown

English mathematician and theorist

Roger Heath-Brown - English mathematician and theorist
Born

October 12th, 1952
72 years ago

Category

Thinkers & Philosophers

Country

England

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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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