Person
Jones, Arthur (1934 - 2006)
- Born
- 27 December 1934
- Died
- 22 January 2006
- Occupation
- Mathematician
Summary
Arthur Jones was a mathematician who, after six years at the Australian National University, joined the mathematics department at La Trobe University. He retired from the position of Associate Professor in 1996. Jones had a leading role in the development of an innovative mathematics teaching program at La Trobe. His publications include Abstract algebra and famous impossibilities (1991) with Sid Morris and Ken Pearson, and several titles in the Australian Mathematical Society lecture series. Jones was a foundation Member of the Australian Mathematical Society.
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Chronology
- 1956
- Career position - Foundation Member, Australian Mathematical Society
- 1960
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
- 1961 - 1962
- Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
- 1962 - 1967
- Career position - Lecturer, Australian National University
- 1967 - 1991
- Career position - Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University
- 1991 - 1996
- Career position - Associate Professor, La Trobe University
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Published resources
Books
- Banks, John; Dragan, Valentina; and Jones, Arthur, Chaos: a mathematical introduction (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003), 294 pp. Details
- Fulford, Glenn; Forrester, Peter; and Jones, Arthur, Modelling with differential and difference equations (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 405 pp. Details
- Jones, Arthur; Morris, Sidney A.; and Pearson, Kenneth R., Abstract algebra and famous impossibilities (New York: Berlin: Springer, 1991), 187 pp. Details
- Morris, Sidney, A., Jones, Arthur and Pearson, Kenneth R., Abstract algebra: squaring the circle, doubling the cube, trisecting an angle, and solving quintic equations (New York: Springer Nature, 2022), 240 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Cairns, Grant, 'Obituary: Arthur Jones 27 December 1934 - 22 January 2006', Australian Mathematical Society gazette, 33 (1) (2006), 37-8, https://austms.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Mar06-331.pdf. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 20 April 2023