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B. Frank Jones
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Born1936 (age 87–88)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRice University
Known forpartial differential equations
AwardsDistinguished University Teaching of Mathematics Award, MAA
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsRice University

B. Frank Jones (c. 1936) is an American mathematician, and the Noah Harding Professor of Mathematics at Rice University.[1] Jones' mathematical research is focused on partial differential equations and real analysis.

Personal

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B. Frank Jones was born in Amarillo, Texas.[2] He attended Rice Institute, where he was a Chemical Engineering major.[2] He graduated with his bachelor's degree in 1958.[2]

Education

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  • Ph.D., Rice University, 1961 (Mathematics)
    • Dissertation: "The Determination of a Coefficient in a Parabolic Differential Equation"
    • Advisor: Jim Douglas, Jr.[3]
  • B.A., Rice Institute, 1958 (Mathematics)

University positions

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  • 1961–present: Noah Harding Professor, Rice University

Publications

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  • Jones, Frank (2000). Lebesgue Integration on Euclidean Space. Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN 978-0763717087. OCLC 315802103.
  • Jones, Jr., B. Frank (September 1977). "A fundamental solution for the heat equation which is supported in a strip". Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 60 (2): 314–324.
  • Jones, Jr., B. Frank (October 1975). "An approximation theorem of runge type for the heat equation". Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 521: 289–292.
  • Jones, B. Frank (1971). Rudiments of Riemann Surfaces. Rice University.
  • Jones, B. Frank; Koecher, Max (1969). An elementary approach to bounded symmetric domains . Rice University.
  • Jones, B. Frank (1963). "Various methods for finding unknown coefficients in parabolic differential equations". Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 16 (1): 33–44. doi:10.1002/cpa.3160160106.
  • Jones, B. Frank (1963). "Singular integrals and parabolic equations". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 69 (4): 501–503.
  • Douglas, Jr., Jim; Jones, Jr., B. Frank (December 1962). "Numerical methods for integro-differential equations of parabolic and hyperbolic types". Journal Numerische Mathematik archive. 4 (1). Springer-Verlag: 96–102. doi:10.1007/BF01386299.

Honors and awards (selected)

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  • Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics Award, MAA, 1995.
  • 2007 Texas Professor of the Year, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, November 2007.[2][4]

Other interests

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References

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  1. ^ "Faculty, Department of Mathematics". Rice University. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  2. ^ a b c d "Professor of the Year". Rice Magazine. Rice University. Spring 2008. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  3. ^ "Jim Douglas, Jr". The Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  4. ^ "Previous Winners" (Excel). U.S. Professors of the Year. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
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