Peter David Lax
Ph.D. New York University 1949
Dissertation:
Nonlinear System of Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations in Two Independent Variables
Advisor: Kurt O. Friedrichs
Students:
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| Name | School | Year | Descendants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Alpern | New York University | 1973 | |
| Satish Anjilvel | New York University | 1984 | |
| Gregory Beylkin | New York University | 1982 | 3 |
| Gui-Qiang Chen | Chinese Academy of Sciences | 1987 | 15 |
| Li-an Laurence Chen | New York University | 1968 | |
| Min Chen | New York University | 1996 | |
| Alexandre Chorin | New York University | 1966 | 199 |
| Melvyn Ciment | New York University | 1968 | |
| Gary Deem | New York University | 1969 | |
| Carlos De Moura | New York University | 1976 | 8 |
| Shlomo Engelberg | New York University | 1994 | |
| Charles Epstein | New York University | 1983 | 5 |
| Hector Fattorini | New York University | 1965 | 2 |
| Linus Foy | New York University | 1962 | |
| Porter Gerber | New York University | 1968 | |
| Michael Ghil | New York University | 1975 | 69 |
| Charles Goldstein | New York University | 1967 | |
| William Goodhue | New York University | 1971 | |
| Susan Hahn | New York University | 1957 | |
| Milton Halem | New York University | 1968 | |
| Amiram Harten | New York University | 1974 | |
| Brian Hayes | New York University | 1994 | |
| Reuben Hersh | New York University | 1962 | 13 |
| James Hyman | New York University | 1976 | 5 |
| Donald Isaac | New York University | 1970 | |
| Gray Jennings | New York University | 1971 | |
| Kayyunnapara Joseph | New York University | 1987 | |
| Robert Kalaba | New York University | 1958 | |
| Spyridon Kamvissis | New York University | 1991 | |
| Barbara Keyfitz | New York University | 1970 | 2 |
| Arnold Lapidus | New York University | 1967 | |
| James La Vita | New York University | 1967 | |
| Charles Levermore | New York University | 1982 | 38 |
| George Logemann | New York University | 1965 | |
| James Moeller | New York University | 1961 | 3 |
| Lucien Neustadt | New York University | 1960 | |
| Sebastian Noelle | New York University | 1990 | 12 |
| Gideon Peyser | New York University | 1957 | |
| George Pimbley | New York University | 1957 | |
| Julian Prince | New York University | 1967 | |
| Donald Quarles, Jr. | New York University | 1964 | |
| Jeffrey Rauch | New York University | 1971 | 28 |
| Kennard Reed | New York University | 1963 | |
| Milton Rose | New York University | 1953 | |
| Norman Rushfield | New York University | 1963 | |
| Yiorgos Smyrlis | New York University | 1989 | 1 |
| Blair Swartz | New York University | 1970 | |
| Mikhail Teytel | New York University | 1996 | |
| Feiran Tian | New York University | 1991 | |
| Peter Treuenfels | New York University | 1957 | |
| Stephanos Venakides | New York University | 1982 | 11 |
| Homer Walker | New York University | 1970 | 9 |
| Burton Wendroff | New York University | 1958 | |
| Andrew Winkler | New York University | 1987 | |
| Yahan Yang | New York University | 1991 |
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