{{short description|American mathematician}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Sidney Graham | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = August 29, 1950 | birth_place = Oklahoma, US | death_date = | death_place = | fields = Mathematics | workplaces = Central Michigan University, University of Texas-Austin, Michigan Technological University, National Science Foundation | alma_mater = University of Michigan | doctoral_advisor = Hugh Montgomery | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | footnotes = }}

'''Sidney West Graham''' is a mathematician interested in analytic number theory and professor at Central Michigan University. He received his Ph.D., which was supervised by Hugh Montgomery, from the University of Michigan in 1977.<ref>{{MathGenealogy|id=7249}}</ref> In his Ph.D. thesis he lowered the upper bound for Linnik's constant to 36 and subsequently reduced the bound further to 20.<ref>{{citation | last = Graham | first = S. | issue = 2 | journal = Acta Arithmetica | mr = 639625 | pages = 163–179 | title = On Linnik's constant | url = https://www.infona.pl/resource/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-aav39i2p163bwm | volume = 39 | year = 1981| doi = 10.4064/aa-39-2-163-179 | doi-access = free }}.</ref>

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==External links== *[http://people.cst.cmich.edu/graha1sw/ Sidney West Graham page at Central Michigan University]

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