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Peter Lax

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American mathematician of Hungarian origin (1926-2025)

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Peter David Lax was a Hungarian-born American mathematician and Abel Prize laureate working in the areas of pure and applied mathematics.

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2013Lomonosov Gold Medal
2013Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
2009Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
2009Great Immigrants Award
2007Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
2005Abel Prize
1993honorary doctor of the Peking University
1992Leroy P. Steele Prize
1987Wolf Prize in Mathematics
1986National Medal of Science
1979doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University
1975Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
1974Chauvenet Prize
1966Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards

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Leon CooperAlso won doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityDaniel C. TsuiAlso won honorary doctor of the Peking UniversityHermann Joseph MullerAlso won Josiah Willard Gibbs LectureshipPaul HalmosAlso won Chauvenet PrizeJohn MilnorAlso won Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford AwardsNicholas HighamAlso won Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

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Academics
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Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2025 · aged 99
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28 languages

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