# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gilbert-strang
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:55:16.490Z

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description: "William Gilbert \"Gil\" Strang is an American mathematician known for his contributions to finite element theory, the calculus of variations, wavelet analysis and linear algebra. He has made many contributions to mathematics education, including publishing mathematics textbooks. Strang was the MathWorks Professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He taught Linear Algebra, Computational Science and Engineering, and Learning from Data. His lectures are freely available on MIT OpenCourseWare."
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birthDate: "1934-11-27"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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