Peter D. Lax
Peter D. Lax publishes mostly in Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Physics and Computational Theory and Mathematics, on topics such as Navier-Stokes equation solutions, Matrix Theory and Algorithms and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows.
- World rank
- #1,685 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #746 of 358,040
- Works
- 82
- Citations
- 2k
- Citations per work
- 24.9
What does Peter D. Lax research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Applied Mathematics16% of their works
- 2Mathematical Physics15% of their works
- 3Computational Theory and Mathematics12% of their works
- 4Computational Mechanics11% of their works
- 5Statistical and Nonlinear Physics6% of their works
- 6Numerical Analysis5% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Peter D. Lax's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Boundary Value Problems, Compressible Flows, Navier-Stokes Equations, Historical Sources, Mathematics Education, Matrix Computations, Nonlocal and Numerical Linear Algebra.
- Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation
- High-Order Schemes
- Generalized Functions
- Turbulent Flows
- Numerical Linear Algebra
- Matrix Computations
- Historical Sources
- Compressible Flows
- Boundary Value Problems
- Navier-Stokes Equations
- Mathematics Education
- Nonlocal
- Partial Differential Equations
- Vortex Dynamics
- Global Well-Posedness
- Infinite and Infinitesimal Numbers
- Turbulence Modeling
Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 17 words, with their numbers
- Boundary Value Problems92 topics
- Compressible Flows51 topic
- Navier-Stokes Equations51 topic
- Historical Sources41 topic
- Mathematics Education41 topic
- Matrix Computations41 topic
- Nonlocal41 topic
- Numerical Linear Algebra41 topic
- Partial Differential Equations41 topic
- Turbulent Flows41 topic
- Vortex Dynamics41 topic
- Generalized Functions31 topic
- Global Well-Posedness31 topic
- High-Order Schemes31 topic
- Infinite and Infinitesimal Numbers31 topic
- Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation31 topic
- Turbulence Modeling31 topic
Where does Peter D. Lax work?
Peter D. Lax's main affiliation in the publication record is Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, United States.
How many publications and citations does Peter D. Lax have?
Science Explorer counts 82 works and 2,038 citations for Peter D. Lax, ranking #1,685 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.
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