What is Klaus Roth?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Klaus Roth |image = |birth_name=Klaus Friedrich Roth |birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1925|10|29}} |birth_place = [[Wrocław|Breslau]], [[Province of Lower Silesia]], [[Weimar Germany|Germany]] |death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2015|11|10| 1925|10|29}} |death_place = [[Inverness]], [[Scotland]] |citizenship = [[Germany]]<br/>[[United Kingdom]] |field = [[Mathematics]] |workplaces = [[Imperial College London]] |doctoral_advisor = [[Theodor Estermann]] |alma_mater = [[Cambridge University]] |known_for = [[diophantine approximation]]<br>[[discrepancy theory]] |prizes = {{no wrap|[[Sylvester Medal]] (1991)<br>[[LMS De Morgan Medal]] (1983)<br>Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] (1960)<br>[[Fields Medal]] (1958)}} |religion = }} '''Klaus Friedrich Roth''' (29 October 1925 &ndash; 10 November 2015) was a [[Germans|German]]-[[British people|British]] [[mathematician]]. He was known for his work on [[diophantine approximation]], the [[large sieve]], and [[discrepancy theory|irregularities of distribution]]. ==Early life== He was born in [[Wrocław|Breslau]], [[Prussia]]. He studied at [[St Paul's School, London|St Paul's School]] in [[London]] from 1939 to 1943 and then attended [[Cambridge University]], graduating from [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]] in 1945. In 1946 he began research at [[University College London]], under the supervision of [[Theodor Estermann]]. ==Career== He became a professor at University College London in 1961, and moved to a chair at [[Imperial College London]] in 1966, a position he held until official retirement in 1988. He then remained at Imperial College as Visiting Professor until 1996. ==Death== Roth died in [[Iverness]], [[Scotland]] on 10 November 2015 at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://chalkdustmagazine.com/biographies/klaus-roth/ |title=Klaus Roth |work=Chalkdust |date=2015-11-10 |access-date=2015-11-10}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAUL