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Peter Lax

Peter Lax

American mathematician

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Is a
Academic
Academic
Person
Person
Author of
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Integrals of nonlinear equations of evolution and solitary waves
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Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws and the Mathematical Theory of Shock Waves
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Lectures on hyperbolic partial differential equations
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Scattering Theory
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Scattering theory for automorphic functions
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Calculus with Applications and Computing
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Awards Received
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2005 Abel Prize
Birthdate
May 1, 1926
Doctoral Advisor
Kurt Otto Friedrichs
Kurt Otto Friedrichs
Doctoral Students
Gui-Qiang Chen
Gui-Qiang Chen
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Barbara Keyfitz
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George Logemann
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Jeffrey Rauch
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Michael Ghil
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Steve Alpern
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James (Mac) Hyman
Reuben Hersh
Reuben Hersh
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Susan Hahn
Alexandre Chorin
Alexandre Chorin
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Educated at
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University
New York University
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Stuyvesant High School
Stuyvesant High School
ISNI
0000000108849568
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Location
United States
United States
Notable Work
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Lax–Wendroff theorem
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Lax functor
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Lax natural transformation
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Lax equivalence theorem
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Lions–Lax–Milgram theorem
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Lax–Friedrichs method
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Babuška–Lax–Milgram theorem
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Lax–Wendroff method
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Beurling–Lax theorem
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Occupation
Mathematician
Mathematician
Author
Author
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Writer
Writer
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Open Library ID
OL539780A
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VIAF
32058392
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Wikidata ID
Q323331

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