Peter David Lax

1926 -

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Peter Lax is a Hungarian mathematician who works on scattering theory
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Honours awarded to Peter Lax
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SIAM John von Neumann Lecture1968
Hedrick lecturer1972
MAA Chauvenet Prize winner1974
AMS Wiener Prize1975
NAS Award in Applied Mathematics1983
Speaker at International Congress1983
Wolf Prize1987
AMS Colloquium Lecturer1987
AMS Steele Prize1993
LMS Honorary Member1997
Abel Prize2005
SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service2006
AMS Gibbs Lecturer2007

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