Gilbert Strang

American mathematician · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1934 · age 91

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.

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2013Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAward2010Honorary Doctor of Toulouse-III UniversityAward2009Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied MathematicsAward2007Peter Henrici PrizeAward1977Chauvenet PrizeAward1955Rhodes ScholarshipAward1934Born27 November 1934

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Strang demonstrates the Hadamard conjecture at MIT, 2005

Awards

Fellow of the American Mathematical Society2013

Honorary Doctor of Toulouse-III University2010

Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics2009

Peter Henrici Prize2007

Chauvenet Prize1977

Rhodes Scholarship1955

Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards

About this person

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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United States