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Gilbert Strang
American mathematician (born 1934) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Gilbert Strang (born November 27, 1934[1]) 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.[2] He taught Linear Algebra, Computational Science, and Engineering, Learning from Data, and his lectures are freely available through MIT OpenCourseWare.
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Born | (1934-11-27) November 27, 1934 (age 89) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) Balliol College, Oxford (BA, MA) University of California, Los Angeles (PhD) |
Awards | Chauvenet Prize (1977) |
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Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Thesis | Difference Methods for Mixed Boundary Value Problems (1959) |
Doctoral advisor | Peter K. Henrici |
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Strang popularized the designation of the Fundamental Theorem of Linear Algebra as such.[3][4]