Its Sir Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones Born December 31, 1952 in New Zealand, he is a mathematician who received the Fields Medal in 1990 for his study of functional analysis and the theory of knots. In 1984, Jones discovered a relationship between von Neumann algebras and geometric topology. As a result, he found a new polynomial invariant for knots and links in 3-space. It was a total surprise despite intense activity in closely related areas during the 60 previous years. His thesis entitled Actions of finite groups on the hyperfinite II1 factor, was written under the supervision of André Haefliger. In 1980, Frederick moved to the United States, where he taught at the University of California, Los Angeles (1980-1981) and the University of Pennsylvania (1981-1985) before being appointed professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley and Professor of Distinguished Alumni of the University of Auckland; its last time he was a professor of mathematics at Vanderbilt University. The work of Sir Frederick Randal Jones polynomials on the nodes, with the discovery of what is now called the Jones polynomial led to the solution of a number of problems of the theory of knots increased and bore an interest low-dimensional topology. He received the Fields Medal in 1990 the Rutherford Medal in 1991 (by the Royal Society of New Zealand) Jones was elected to the Australian Academy of Science in 1992 as a Fellow correspondent and was named Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to mathematics Jones was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society to honor the Queens Birthday Honors in 2002. In 2012 Randal Jones became a member of the American Mathematical Society. photo copyleft
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