Memorial Page for Peter Lax (née Lax Péter Dávid)
American mathematician of Hungarian origin
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May 16th, 2026
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May 1st, 2026
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Biography
Peter Lax (* May 1, 1926 in Budapest; † May 16, 2025 in Manhattan) was an american mathematician of Hungarian origin. He was 99 years old. He was married to Anneli Cahn Lax. His education included Stuyvesant High School and New York University. He received 10 awards, including Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards, Chauvenet Prize. His cause of death was cardiac amyloidosis.
Life Events
17 EventsBorn in Budapest, Hungary
1926Stuyvesant High School
1941until 1943
New York University
1943doctorate · until 1949
Manhattan Project
1945until 1946
Married Anneli Cahn Lax
1948until 1999
Manhattan Project
1950until 1951
Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards
1966Chauvenet Prize
1974Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
1975doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University
1979National Medal of Science
1986Wolf Prize in Mathematics
1987Leroy P. Steele Prize
1992honorary doctor of the Peking University
1993Abel Prize
2005Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
2007Died in Manhattan, New York (cardiac amyloidosis)
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- Anneli Cahn Lax
Peter Lax (née Lax Péter Dávid). Forever remembered.