Peter Lax

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Peter_Lax

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gptkbp:birthDate	1926-05-01
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gptkbp:citizenship	gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:ethnicGroup	gptkb:Hungarian_Jews
gptkbp:field	gptkb:mathematics applied mathematics fluid dynamics integrable systems mathematical physics numerical analysis partial differential equations
gptkbp:hasSibling	gptkb:Albert_Lax
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Peter Lax
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Cathleen_Synge_Morawetz gptkb:Andrew_Majda gptkb:James_Glimm gptkb:Jerrold_Marsden gptkb:Sergiu_Klainerman
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gptkbp:language	English Hungarian
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gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Anneli_Cahn_Lax
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gptkbp:bfsLayer	4