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Peter Lax (Q323331)

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American mathematician of Hungarian origin (1926–2025)
  • Peter David Lax
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Peter Lax
  • Péter Lax
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Peter Lax
American mathematician of Hungarian origin (1926–2025)
  • Peter David Lax

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Peter Lax a Tokyo, el 1969 (Catalan)
1969-ben Tokióban (Hungarian)
Peter Lax in 1969 (Dutch)
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Catalan Wikipedia
country of citizenship
Hungary
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United States
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name in native language
Peter Lax (English)
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birth name
Lax Péter Dávid (Hungarian)
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Hungarian Wikipedia
family name
Lax
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place of death
Manhattan
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stated in
The New York Times
reference URL
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/science/peter-lax-dead.html
title
Peter Lax, Pre-eminent Cold War Mathematician, Dies at 99 (English)
publication date
16 May 2025
last update
17 May 2025
retrieved
17 May 2025
manner of death
natural causes
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stated in
The New York Times
reference URL
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/science/peter-lax-dead.html
title
Peter Lax, Pre-eminent Cold War Mathematician, Dies at 99 (English)
publication date
16 May 2025
last update
17 May 2025
retrieved
17 May 2025
cause of death
cardiac amyloidosis
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stated in
The New York Times
reference URL
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/science/peter-lax-dead.html
title
Peter Lax, Pre-eminent Cold War Mathematician, Dies at 99 (English)
publication date
16 May 2025
last update
17 May 2025
retrieved
17 May 2025
native language
Hungarian
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doctoral student
Michael Ghil
end time
1975
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reference URL
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mathematics/research/opportunities/nelder-visiting-fellowships/fellows/professor-michael-ghil/
title
Professor Michael Ghil (English)
publisher
Imperial College London
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Michael Ghil obtained his Ph.D. from New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Science with Peter D. Lax in 1975. (English)
retrieved
23 November 2020
stated in
Academia.edu
reference URL
https://ens.academia.edu/MichaelGhil
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Supervisors: Peter D. Lax (English)
retrieved
23 November 2020
member of
award received
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
point in time
1987
object named as
for his outstanding contributions to many areas of analysis and applied mathematics.
award rationale
for his outstanding contributions to many areas of analysis and applied mathematics. (English)
country of citizenship
United States
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stated in
MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Abel Prize
point in time
2005
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reference URL
https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2005
title
2005: Peter D. Lax (English)
retrieved
25 May 2025
Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
point in time
2009
subject named as
Peter D. Lax
award rationale
For contributions to conservation laws, scattering theory, integrable systems, and numerical analysis. (English)
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Erdős number
3
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Commons category
Peter Lax
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Identifiers

FAST ID
13087
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SBN author ID
CFIV036537
subject named as
Lax, Peter
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NDL Authority ID
00447045
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CONOR.SI ID
84030051
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Academic Tree ID
688562
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Babelio author ID
10891
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DBLP author ID
40/3632
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De Agostini ID
Lax,+Peter+David
subject named as
Lax, Peter David
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HAS member ID
19231
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KBR person ID
14477868
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Lex ID
Peter_David_Lax
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NLP ID
a0000003214722
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Open Library ID
OL539780A
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Prabook ID
1398310
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SNAC ARK ID
w6b60tx1
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