Vaughan Jones

Also known as Sir Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones, Vaughan F. R. Jones, Sir Vaughan Jones

New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist (1952–2020)

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Within Vinony's link graph, Vaughan Jones is referenced by 218 other articles, and connects out to Royal Society Te Apārangi, New Zealand Order of Merit and von Neumann algebra.

Vinony files it under 1952 births, 2020 deaths and 20th-century New Zealand mathematicians.

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Key facts

Born: Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones , ( 1952-12-31 ) 31 December 1952, Gisborne , New Zealand
Died: 6 September 2020 (2020-09-06) (aged 67)
Alma mater: University of Geneva , University of Auckland
Known for: Jones polynomial , Aharonov–Jones–Landau algorithm
Spouse: Martha Myers
Awards: Fields Medal (1990)
Fields: Von Neumann algebras , knot polynomials , conformal field theory
Institutions: University of California, Berkeley , Vanderbilt University , University of California, Los Angeles , University of Pennsylvania
Doctoral advisor: André Haefliger

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Jones
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Gisborne
Place of death: Nashville
Occupation: university teacher
Employer: University of Auckland
Languages spoken: English language
Doctoral advisor: André Haefliger
Field of work: operator theory
Official website: math.berkeley.edu/~vfr
Image: Vaughan Jones p1190550.jpg

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Commons category: Vaughan Jones
date of birth: 1952-12-31
member of: American Mathematical Society
Erdős number: 4
date of death: 2020-09-06
birth name: Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones
cause of death: infection
manner of death: natural causes
name in native language: Vaughan Jones
honorific prefix: Sir
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones (31 December 1952 – 6 September 2020) was a New Zealand mathematician known for his work on von Neumann algebras and knot polynomials. He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1990.

Early life

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