Vaughan Jones
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New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist (1952–2020)
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
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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
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- WikiProject Mathematics
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- 14632 Flensburg
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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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