en annyit tudok, hogy egy fontos strukturat a vektormezokon rola neveztek el. idezek az egyik konyvembol:
One of the most mysterious objects appearing in the theory of differential equations is the Lax pair. A Lax pair is a couple of linear operators whose coefficients depend on x=x(t) and whose compatibility condition is the vector field itself. Whereas the concept of Lax pairs can be traced back to the last century, Peter Lax(1968) was the first to define properly the general concept in the context of evolution equation and more particularly for the Korteweg-de Vries equation.
tenyleg nagyon erdekes dolgok ezek a Lax-parok, most beleolvasgattam ujra. Egyszer lattam Lax eloadasat a KdV-egyenletrol es szolitonokrol.
nagyon sok mindent csinált, de talán a leghíresebb az amit Lax-Phillips féle szóráselméletnek neveznek. klasszikus matematikai fizika, aminek még a számelméletben is találtak alkalmazását.
"Peter Lax, who was recognized as a child prodigy in Hungary when he was about twelve, came to the United States when he was sixteen and he had a letter of introduction to me so I met him almost on his arrival, and we met a great deal in New York, and Princeton. I still remember when Halmos said at the Institute for Advanced Study; there is a baby here from Hungary and you can talk mathematics to him." (Erdős Pál)
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awarded its Abel Prize in mathematics to an American professor at New York University on Thursday. The prize honors the memory of Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel.
Peter D Lax, age 78, won the prize "for his groundbreaking contributions to the theory and application of partial differential equations and to the computation of their solutions," according to the academy.
The Hungarian-born professor has been called the most versatile mathematician of his generation. The academy said he has had "a profound influence" through his research, writings, a lifelong commitment to education and generosity to younger mathematicians.
Lax will receive the prize from Norway's King Harald at a ceremony on May 24 in the University of Oslo's Aula on the downtown campus, a tradition-rich auditorium featuring murals by artist Edvard Munch. The Aula was formerly the site of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, but it was later moved to Oslo's City Hall.
The prize ceremony will be followed by a banquet at the Akershus Castle and Fortress, which will also be attended by King Harald.
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Lax Péter a Trefort Gimnáziumba járt, 1941-ben került ki Amerikába. Az Abel díj valami iszonyú nagy dolog, Nobel díjjal ér fel. Az elsőt Jean Pierre Serre kapta, a másodikat Michael Atiyah és Isadore Singer.