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Peter Lax
American mathematician of Hungarian origin
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dead
- born
- 1926
- died
- 2025
- age at death
- 99
- known for
- mathematician, university teacher
1926 – 2025
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who peter lax is
Peter David Lax was a Hungarian-born American mathematician and Abel Prize laureate working in the areas of pure and applied mathematics.
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