Peter David Lax
Ph.D. New York University 1949
Dissertation:
Nonlinear System of Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations in Two Independent Variables
Mathematics Subject Classification: 35—Partial differential equations
Advisor: Kurt Otto Friedrichs
Students:
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| Name | School | Year | Descendants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpern, Steven | New York University | 1973 | 2 |
| Anjilvel, Satish | New York University | 1984 | |
| Beylkin, Gregory | New York University | 1982 | 8 |
| Chen, Gui-Qiang | Chinese Academy of Sciences | 1987 | 54 |
| Chen, Li-an Laurence | New York University | 1968 | |
| Chen, Min | New York University | 1996 | |
| Chorin, Alexandre | New York University | 1966 | 404 |
| Ciment, Melvyn | New York University | 1968 | |
| Deem, Gary | New York University | 1969 | |
| De Moura, Carlos | New York University | 1976 | 14 |
| Engelberg, Shlomo | New York University | 1994 | |
| Epstein, Charles | New York University | 1983 | 6 |
| Fattorini, Hector | New York University | 1965 | 2 |
| Foy, Linus | New York University | 1962 | |
| Gerber, Porter | New York University | 1968 | |
| Ghil, Michael | New York University | 1975 | 90 |
| Goldstein, Charles | New York University | 1967 | |
| Goodhue, William | New York University | 1971 | 1 |
| Hahn, Susan | New York University | 1957 | |
| Halem, Milton | New York University | 1968 | 2 |
| Harten, Amiram | New York University | 1974 | |
| Hayes, Brian | New York University | 1994 | |
| Hersh, Reuben | New York University | 1962 | 13 |
| Hyman, James | New York University | 1976 | 6 |
| Isaac, Donald | New York University | 1970 | |
| Jennings, Gray | New York University | 1971 | |
| Joseph, Kayyunnapara | New York University | 1987 | 3 |
| Kalaba, Robert | New York University | 1958 | 2 |
| Kamvissis, Spyridon | New York University | 1991 | 1 |
| Keyfitz, Barbara | New York University | 1970 | 4 |
| Lapidus, Arnold | New York University | 1967 | |
| La Vita, James | New York University | 1967 | |
| Levermore, Charles | New York University | 1982 | 85 |
| Logemann, George | New York University | 1965 | |
| Moeller, James | New York University | 1961 | 3 |
| Neustadt, Lucien | New York University | 1960 | |
| Noelle, Sebastian | New York University | 1990 | 24 |
| Peyser, Gideon | New York University | 1957 | |
| Pimbley, George | New York University | 1957 | |
| Prince, Julian | New York University | 1967 | |
| Quarles, Jr., Donald | New York University | 1964 | |
| Rauch, Jeffrey | New York University | 1971 | 40 |
| Reed, Kennard | New York University | 1963 | |
| Rose, Milton | New York University | 1953 | |
| Rushfield, Norman | New York University | 1963 | |
| Smyrlis, Yiorgos | New York University | 1989 | 2 |
| Swartz, Blair | New York University | 1970 | |
| Teytel, Mikhail | New York University | 1996 | |
| Tian, Feiran | New York University | 1991 | |
| Treuenfels, Peter | New York University | 1957 | |
| Venakides, Stephanos | New York University | 1982 | 11 |
| Walker, Homer | New York University | 1970 | 9 |
| Wendroff, Burton | New York University | 1958 | 1 |
| Winkler, Andrew | New York University | 1987 | |
| Yang, Yahan | New York University | 1991 |
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