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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:New_York_University
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gptkbp:awardReceived
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gptkb:Abel_Prize
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Norbert_Wiener_Prize_in_Applied_Mathematics
gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:Abel_Prize_(2005)
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science_(1986)
gptkb:Norbert_Wiener_Prize_(1975)
gptkb:Wolf_Prize_in_Mathematics_(1987)
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1926-05-01
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Budapest,_Hungary
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gptkbp:citizenship
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor
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gptkb:Kurt_O._Friedrichs
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gptkbp:employer
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gptkb:Courant_Institute_of_Mathematical_Sciences
gptkb:New_York_University
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gptkbp:ethnicity
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Hungarian-Jewish
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gptkbp:field
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gptkb:mathematics
applied mathematics
fluid dynamics
integrable systems
mathematical physics
numerical analysis
partial differential equations
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Peter D. Lax
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gptkbp:influenced
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numerous mathematicians in applied mathematics
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Richard_Courant
gptkb:Kurt_O._Friedrichs
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Lax–Friedrichs_method
gptkb:Lax–Milgram_theorem
gptkb:Lax–Oleinik_formula
gptkb:Lax–Wendroff_method
gptkb:Lax_pair
gptkb:Lax–Phillips_scattering_theory
gptkb:Lax_conjecture
Lax entropy condition
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Mathematical_Society
gptkb:United_States_National_Academy_of_Sciences
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gptkbp:militaryService
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gptkb:Manhattan_Project
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:mathematician
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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gptkb:Integrals_of_Nonlinear_Equations_of_Evolution_and_Solitary_Waves
gptkb:Linear_Algebra_and_Its_Applications
Functional Analysis
Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:New_York_City
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Anneli_Cahn_Lax
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gptkbp:website
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https://math.nyu.edu/faculty/lax/
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Kurt_Otto_Friedrichs
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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