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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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Country
US
Active from
1931-09-12
Active to
2013-04-26

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5 total works indexed

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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

Vaughan F.R. Jones's Home Page

math.berkeley.edu

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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
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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Vaughan Jones
date of birth
1952-12-31
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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