Gilbert Strang
| W. Gilbert Strang | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 27, 1934 Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Alma mater |
MIT (S.B.) Balliol College, Oxford (M.A.) UCLA (Ph.D.) |
| Thesis | Difference Methods for Mixed Boundary Value Problems (1959) |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter K. Henrici |
| Doctoral students | Hermann Flaschka |
| Notable awards | Chauvenet Prize (1977) |
William Gilbert Strang (born November 27, 1934), usually known as simply Gilbert Strang or Gil Strang, is an American mathematician, with contributions to finite element theory, the calculus of variations, wavelet analysis and linear algebra. He has made many contributions to mathematics education, including publishing seven mathematics textbooks and one monograph. Strang is the MathWorks Professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He teaches Introduction to Linear Algebra and Computational Science and Engineering and his lectures are freely available through MIT OpenCourseWare. Professor Strang is well known for his unique and somewhat offbeat presentation style that many find to be both entertaining and highly informative.
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