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May 1, 1926
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Peter Lax is a mathematician born on May 1, 1926. He is known for his work in the United States and has received the 2005 Abel Prize. Lax was educated at Stuyvesant High School and Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. His doctoral advisor was Kurt Otto Friedrichs.
Throughout his career as a mathematician, Lax has advised several doctoral students, including James (Mac) Hyman, Reuben Hersh, Susan Hahn, Alexandre Chorin, James Moeller, Ami Harten, Charles Epstein, Burton Wendroff, Steve Alpern, Gui-Qiang Chen, Barbara Keyfitz, George Logemann, Jeffrey Rauch, and Michael Ghil.
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