Glyn Harman is a British

United Kingdom

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 mathematician

Mathematician

A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....

 working in analytic number theory

Analytic number theory

In mathematics, analytic number theory is a branch of number theory that uses methods from mathematical analysis to solve problems about the integers. It is often said to have begun with Dirichlet's introduction of Dirichlet L-functions to give the first proof of Dirichlet's theorem on arithmetic...

. One of his major interests is prime number theory

Prime number theory

Prime number theory may refer to:* Prime number* Prime number theorem* Number theory...

. He is best known for results on gaps between primes and the greatest prime factor of p + a, as well as his lower bound for the number of Carmichael numbers up to X. His monograph entitled Prime-detecting Sieves has recently been published by Princeton University Press

Princeton University Press

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. He has also written a book entitled Metric Number Theory, and he has in addition contributed to the field of Diophantine approximation

Diophantine approximation

In number theory, the field of Diophantine approximation, named after Diophantus of Alexandria, deals with the approximation of real numbers by rational numbers....

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Harman is currently a professor at Royal Holloway, University of London

Royal Holloway, University of London

Royal Holloway, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London. The college has three faculties, 18 academic departments, and about 8,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 130 different countries...

. Previously he was a professor at Cardiff University

Cardiff University

Cardiff University is a leading research university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing high quality research-based...

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Harman has a wife and three sons (Matthew, Jonathan, Christopher) and lives in Wokingham

Wokingham

Wokingham is a market town and civil parish in Berkshire in South East England about west of central London. It is about east-southeast of Reading and west of Bracknell. It spans an area of and, according to the 2001 census, has a population of 30,403...

, Berkshire.

There is a little known football connection with Glyn Harman: Allen Batsford

Allen Batsford

Allen Batsford was a former football manager. He was appointed manager of Walton & Hersham in 1967 and led them to the Athenian League title in 1969 and the Amateur Cup in 1973. He left to join Wimbledon, leading them to three consecutive Southern League titles and election to the Football League...

was an uncle.

External links

• Home page of Glyn Harman