Roger L. Jones is an American

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...

specializing in

harmonic analysis Harmonic analysis is a branch of mathematics concerned with investigating the connections between a function and its representation in frequency. The frequency representation is found by using the Fourier transform for functions on unbounded do ...

and

ergodic theory Ergodic theory is a branch of mathematics that studies statistical properties of deterministic dynamical systems; it is the study of ergodicity. In this context, "statistical properties" refers to properties which are expressed through the behav ...

Biography

He obtained a B.S. in mathematics in 1971 from

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, and a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1974 from

Rutgers University Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...

, with thesis ''Inequalities for the Ergodic Maximal Function'' written under the direction of Richard Floyd Gundy. He has recently retired from a professorship in mathematics at

DePaul University DePaul University is a private university, private Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission, Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from ...

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. There he taught everything from remedial math to graduate-level courses. During his tenure at DePaul, Roger published numerous research papers in math, was awarded an excellence in teaching award, chaired the DePaul University Mathematics Department, and was awarded

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grants related to teaching mathematics. He has also worked with the

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on improving math instruction. Roger was honored for his research work at the ''International Conference on Harmonic Analysis and Ergodic theory'' that was held in the name of Roger and his colleague Marshall Ash. Roger has since retired from teaching at DePaul and moved to Northern Wisconsin, where he teaches mathematics at Conserve School.

Appointments

* 1974-1977: DePaul University, Assistant Professor * 1977-1984: DePaul University, Associate Professor * 1982-1985: DePaul University, Chairman: Department of Mathematics * 1984-2004: DePaul University, Professor * 2004–present: DePaul University, Professor Emeritus

Professional memberships

* Mathematical Association of America * American Mathematical Society

Publications

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References

External links

Roger Jones' DePaul SyllabusConference on Harmonic Analysis and Ergodic Theory
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