The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Peter D. Lax
Title:
Professor of Mathematics
Affiliation:
New York University
New York,New York 10003 USA
Gender:
Male
Award Discipline:
Mathematics and Computer Science
Award Year:
1986
Citation:
"For his outstanding, innovative and profound contributions to the theory of partial differential equations, applied mathematics, numerical analysis and scientific computation."
Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on March 12, 1986.