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P. Lax
and L. Nirenberg

Peter Lax (left) and Louis Nirenberg.

"Wrapping Up Scholarly Careers: At NYU, the Parallel Paths of 2 Mathematicians," by Courtney Leatherman. Chronicle of Higher Education , 16 July 1999.

This article describes the careers of New York University mathematicians Peter Lax and Louis Nirenberg, who at the time the article appeared had both recently retired. In 2005, Lax was awarded the Abel Prize; click here for a Math Digest summary of the news coverage. An interview with Nirenberg appeared in the April 2002 issue of the Notices of the AMS.

--- Allyn Jackson

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