What nationality was the Lax pair's namesake?
Peter Lax Peter David Lax (born 1 May 1926) is a Hungarian-born American mathematician working in the areas of pure and applied mathematics. He has made important contributions to integrable systems, fluid dynamics and shock waves, solitonic physics, hyperbolic conservation laws, and mathematical and scientific computing, among other fields. Lax is listed as an ISI highly cited researcher.
Reg and Cyril Laxton Brothers Reg and Cyril Laxton (c. 1910-9 March 2006, c 1912-23 July 2006) were two of Britain's top swimming and diving coaches in the mid twentieth century.