Fields Medallist Vaughan Jones delivers seminar in the School

Professor Vaughan Jones of Vanderbilt University visited the School last week. He met several staff members during an informal lunch last Friday, before presenting a seminar in the Red Centre.

Professor Jones' seminar, Some unitary representations of Thompson's groups F and T, drew a crowd of over 30 attendees.  

Professor Jones is currently Stevenson Distinguished Professor at Vanderbilt University. Among many honours, he is a recipient of the Fields Medal (1990), a Vice President of the International Guild of Knot Tyers (due to his work on knot theory), a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, a Fellow of the Royal Society and current Vice President of the International Mathematical Union.

Thanks very much to Pinhas Grossman for facilitating Professor Jones' visit.