Peter David Lax

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5 total works indexed

1. Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives

   · 1999 · cited 85,069x

2. A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation

   · 1987 · cited 42,237x

3. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

   · 2010 · cited 30,749x

4. RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials

   · 2019 · cited 23,846x

5. <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution

   · 2010 · cited 23,323x

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Key facts

Born

Péter Dávid Lax , ( 1926-05-01 ) 1 May 1926, Budapest , Hungary

Died

16 May 2025 (2025-05-16) (aged 99), New York City, U.S.

Alma mater

New York University ( BS , MS , PhD ) Texas A&M University University of New Mexico Stanford University

Known for

Lax equivalence theorem Lax pairs Lax–Milgram theorem Lax–Friedrichs method Lax–Wendroff method Lax–Wendroff theorem Beurling–Lax theorem HLLE solver Fourier integral operator

Awards

Lester R. Ford (1966) John von Neumann Prize (1968) Chauvenet Prize (1974) Norbert Wiener Prize (1975) National Medal of Science (1986) Wolf Prize (1987) Abel Prize (2005) Lomonosov Gold Medal (2013)

Fields

Mathematics

Institutions

Courant Institute

Thesis

Nonlinear System of Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations in Two Independent Variables (1949)

Doctoral advisor

K. O. Friedrichs

Doctoral students

Steve Alpern Chen Li-an Gregory Beylkin Alexandre Chorin Charles Epstein Michael Ghil Ami Harten James (Mac) Hyman George Logemann Jeffrey Rauch Burton Wendroff

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