A renowned mathematician who considers himself both applied and
theoretical in his approach, Peter Lax has spent most of his
professional career at NYU, making significant contributions to
both mathematics and computing. He has written several important
published works and has received numerous honors including the
National Medal of Science, the Lester R. Ford Award, the Chauvenet
Prize, the Semmelweis Medal, the Wiener Prize, and the Wolf Prize.
Several students he has mentored have become leaders in their
fields.
Two volumes span the years from 1952 up until 1999, and cover
many varying topics, from functional analysis, partial differential
equations, and numerical methods to conservation laws, integrable
systems and scattering theory. After each paper, or collection of
papers, is a commentary placing the paper in context and where
relevant discussing more recent developments. Many of the papers in
these volumes have become classics and should be read by any
serious student of these topics. In terms of insight, depth, and
breadth, Lax has few equals. The reader of this selecta will
quickly appreciate his brilliance as well as his masterful touch.
Having this collection of papers in one place allows one to follow
the evolution of his ideas and mathematical interests and to
appreciate how many of these papers initiated topics that developed
lives of their own.
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