Peter Jones (mathematician)

{{short description|American mathematician}}

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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),{{cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/Dir?sid=1011&view=basic&pg=srch |title=NAS Membership Directory |publisher=NAS|accessdate={{Format date|2012|11|12}}}} the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2008),{{cite web|url=http://kva.se/en/contact/Kontakt-sida/?personId=3499 |title=Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien |publisher=Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences|accessdate={{Format date|2012|11|12}}}} and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1998).{{cite web|url=http://news.yale.edu/1998/05/21/five-yale-scholars-elected-fellows-american-academy-arts-and-sciences |title=Five Yale Scholars Elected Fellows of American Academy of Arts and Sciences |date=21 May 1998 |publisher=Yale|accessdate={{Format date|2012|11|12}}}} He is not related to the mathematician Vaughan Jones.