Peter Jones (mathematician)

For other people named Peter Jones, see Peter Jones (disambiguation).
Peter Jones (mathematician)

Peter Wilcox Jones (born 1952) is a mathematician at Yale University, known for his work in harmonic analysis and fractal geometry. He received his Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1978, under the supervision of John B. Garnett. He received the Salem Prize in 1981. He is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (2008),[1] the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2008),[2] and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1998).[3] He is not related to the mathematician Vaughan Jones.

References

  1. ^ "NAS Membership Directory". NAS. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  2. ^ "Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien". Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  3. ^ "Five Yale Scholars Elected Fellows of American Academy of Arts and Sciences". Yale. 21 May 1998. Retrieved November 12, 2012.


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