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Gilbert Strang

1934 - Today

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William Gilbert Strang (born November 27, 1934) 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, Engineering, Learning from Data, and his lectures are freely available through MIT OpenCourseWare. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gilbert Strang is the 894th most popular mathematician (down from 770th in 2019), the 10,016th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,300th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gilbert Strang ranks 894 out of 1,004. Before him are Phillip Griffiths, Erna Schneider Hoover, Richard Brauer, Andrei Okounkov, Yitang Zhang, and Henryk Iwaniec. After him are Leopold Löwenheim, George Mostow, Elwyn Berlekamp, Ruth Moufang, Clifford Truesdell, and Claire Voisin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Gilbert Strang ranks 483. Before him are Alberto Bevilacqua, Ulf Schmidt, Jagdish Bhagwati, Michel Vermeulin, Birutė Kalėdienė, and István Csurka. After him are Antonina Ryzhova, Jean Wendling, Willard Scott, Tamara Manina, Calvin Lockhart, and Tammy Grimes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gilbert Strang ranks 10,018 out of 20,380. Before him are Arnold Denker (1914), Estelle Reiner (1914), Maxfield Parrish (1870), George Caleb Bingham (1811), Archibald MacLeish (1892), and Johnny Mandel (1925). After him are Pamela Bellwood (1951), Guru (1961), Keegan-Michael Key (1971), Eleanor Boardman (1898), C. Thomas Howell (1966), and Marc Connelly (1890).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Gilbert Strang ranks 75. Before him are Kenneth Appel (1932), Adele Goldstine (1920), Herman Chernoff (1923), Robin Hartshorne (1938), Phillip Griffiths (1938), and Erna Schneider Hoover (1926). After him are George Mostow (1923), Elwyn Berlekamp (1940), Clifford Truesdell (1919), Christine Darden (1942), David Blackwell (1919), and Martin David Kruskal (1925).

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