Vaughan Jones

  • Vanderbilt University

    Fields medalist brings informal style to Vanderbilt

    When Vaughan Jones was 5 years old, he made his first mathematical discovery. Read More

    Oct 21, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vaughan Jones

    Fields medalist brings informal style to Vanderbilt Vaughan Jones (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) When Vaughan Jones was 5 years old, he made his first mathematical discovery. “I was learning the addition tables and realized that if one plus one equals two, then 100 plus 100 must equal 200 – something that… Read More

    Oct 3, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    New Faculty 2011-12

    A complete list of new faculty for the 2011-12 academic year Blair School of Music Dikeman Philip Dikeman, associate professor of flute B.M., Oberlin… Read More

    Oct 3, 2011

  • Vaughan Jones

    Beyond knot theory

    I’ve always been fascinated, and occasionally frustrated, by the tendency of string, yarn, rope and wire – any thing that is long, thin and flexible – to knot and tangle. Fields Medal winner Vaughan F.R. Jones Clearly, I’m not the only one. Mathematicians have been studying knots… Read More

    Apr 14, 2011