Peter Lax

Peter Lax
Date personale
Născut	1 mai 1926 (97 de ani)[1][2][20][21] Budapesta, Regatul Ungariei
Căsătorit cu	Anneli Cahn Lax[*][[Anneli Cahn Lax (matematiciană americană)|​]] (1948–1999)[4]
Cetățenie	Ungaria  Statele Unite ale Americii
Ocupație	matematician cadru didactic universitar[*]​
Limbi vorbite	limba engleză[22]
Activitate
Domeniu	ecuație cu derivate parțiale matematică aplicată[3]
Număr Erdős	3
Instituție	Universitatea New York Proiectul Manhattan[4] Proiectul Manhattan[4]
Alma Mater	Stuyvesant High School[*][[Stuyvesant High School (specialized high school in New York City, United States)|​]][5] Universitatea New York[6]
Organizații	Academia Franceză de Științe Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi[*][[Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi (academy of sciences)|​]] Academia Națională de Științe a Statelor Unite ale Americii[*]​ Academia de Științe a URSS[*]​[7] Academia Maghiară de Științe Academia Rusă de Științe Academia Americană de Arte și Științe[*]​ Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[*][[Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (academic association dedicated to the use of mathematics in industry)|​]][8] American Mathematical Society[9][10] The Martians[*][[The Martians (term used to refer to a group of prominent Hungarian scientists (mostly, but not exclusively, physicists and mathematicians) who emigrated to the United States in the early half of the 20th century)|​]]
Conducător de doctorat	Kurt Friedrichs[*][[Kurt Friedrichs (German-American mathematician (1901–1982))|​]]
Doctoranzi	Alexandre Chorin[*][[Alexandre Chorin (matematician american)|​]][11] Ami Harten[*][[Ami Harten (matematician israelian)|​]][11] Burton Wendroff[*][[Burton Wendroff (matematician american)|​]][11] Charles Epstein[*][[Charles Epstein (matematician american)|​]][11] Steve Alpern[*][[Steve Alpern (mathematician)|​]][11] James (Mac) Hyman[*][[James (Mac) Hyman (matematician american)|​]][11] Lucien W. Neustadt[*][[Lucien W. Neustadt (mathematician)|​]] Michael Ghil[*]​[12][13] Gui-Qiang Chen[*][[Gui-Qiang Chen (mathematician)|​]][11] Reuben Hersh[*][[Reuben Hersh (matematician american)|​]][11] ...încă 45
Cunoscut pentru	Lax equivalence theorem[*][[Lax equivalence theorem (It asserts that a consistent and stable numerical method is convergent)|​]] Beurling–Lax theorem[*][[Beurling–Lax theorem |​]] Babuška–Lax–Milgram theorem[*][[Babuška–Lax–Milgram theorem (theorem)|​]] Lions–Lax–Milgram theorem[*][[Lions–Lax–Milgram theorem (a result in functional analysis with applications in the study of partial differential equations)|​]] Lax–Wendroff theorem[*][[Lax–Wendroff theorem |​]] Lax–Wendroff method[*][[Lax–Wendroff method (numerical method for the solution of hyperbolic partial differential equations)|​]] Lax–Friedrichs method[*][[Lax–Friedrichs method (numerical method for the solution of hyperbolic partial differential equations)|​]] lax natural transformation[*][[lax natural transformation |​]] lax functor[*][[lax functor (morphism between bicategories)|​]]
Premii	Premiul Abel (2005)[14] Medalia Lomonosov[*]​ (2013)[15] Medalia Națională pentru Știință a Statelor Unite[*]​ (1986)[4] Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship[*][[Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship |​]] (2007)[4] Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics[*][[Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics (award)|​]] (1975)[4] Premiul Wolf pentru matematică[*]​ (1987)[4] Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[*][[Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics |​]] (2009)[16] honorary doctor of the Peking University[*][[honorary doctor of the Peking University |​]] (1993)[17] Leroy P. Steele Prize[*][[Leroy P. Steele Prize (award conferred by the American Mathematical Society)|​]] (1992)[4][18] Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards[*][[Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards (mathematics prize given by the MAA)|​]] (1966)[4] Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[*][[Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (fellowship of the American Mathematical Society)|​]] (2013)[9][10] Great Immigrants Award[*][[Great Immigrants Award (Award issued by the Carnegie Corporation of New York to celebrate immigrant contributions to American life)|​]] (2009)[19] Chauvenet Prize[*][[Chauvenet Prize (mathematics award in expository writing)|​]] (1974)[4]
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Peter Lax (n. 1 mai 1926, Budapesta, Regatul Ungariei) este un matematician câștigător al Premiului Abel în 2005.^[14]