Gilbert Strang
William Gilbert Strang, 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.Education
- S.B., 1955, MIT
- B. A., M. A., 1957, Rhodes Scholar, Balliol College, Oxford
- Ph. D., National Science Foundation Fellow, 1959, University of California, Los Angeles. Dissertation: "Difference Methods for Mixed Boundary Value Problems"
University positions
- Professor of Mathematics, MIT
- Honorary Fellow, Balliol College, Oxford
Awards and honors
- Rhodes Scholar
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
- Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
- Chauvenet Prize, Mathematical Association of America
- Honorary Professor, Xian Jiaotong University, China
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Honorary Fellow, Balliol College, Oxford University
- Honorary Member, Irish Mathematical Society
- Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- Lester R. Ford Award
- Von Neumann Medal, US Association for Computational Mechanics
- Haimo Prize, Mathematical Association of America
- Su Buchin Prize, International Congress
- Henrici Prize
- National Academy of Sciences
- Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Toulouse
- Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
- Doctor Honoris Causa, Aalborg University
- Irwin Sizer Award for the Most Significant Improvement to MIT Education
Service
- President, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- Chair, U.S. National Committee on Mathematics
- Chair, National Science Foundation Advisory Panel on Mathematics
- Board Member, International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- Abel Prize Committee
Publications
Books and monographs
- Linear Algebra and Learning from Data
- Calculus
- Introduction to Linear Algebra
- Differential Equations and Linear Algebra http://math.mit.edu/dela/
- Essays in Linear Algebra
- Algorithms for Global Positioning, with Kai Borre
- An Analysis of the Finite Element Method, with George Fix
- Computational Science and Engineering
- Linear Algebra and Its Applications
- Linear Algebra, Geodesy, and GPS, with Kai Borre
- Wavelets and Filter Banks, with Truong Nguyen
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