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Peter Lax
American mathematician of hungarian origin.
Born May 1st, 1926 in Budapest.
Died May 16th, 2025 at 99 years old in Manhattan (cardiac amyloidosis). [ref]
Occupations
mathematician, university teacher
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You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end. Stephen King