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Gilbert Strang

American mathematician
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23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[28]
Date of birth
November 27, 1934
Place of birth
Chicago
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
mathematician, university teacher
Employer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology[12]
Field of work
mathematics, finite element method, calculus of variations, wavelet transform, linear algebra, education[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Educated at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, Balliol College[13][14][15]
Award received
Rhodes Scholarship, Chauvenet Prize, Peter Henrici Prize, Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards, honorary doctor of Toulouse-III University[17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Official website
math.mit.edu[46]
Doctoral advisor
Peter Henrici[16]
Doctoral student
Hermann Flaschka, L. Ridgway Scott, John James Henry Miller, Pavel Grinfeld, Richard B. Holmes, Edward Wesler Packel, Hermann Matthies, Dmitri Betaneli, Thomas Wallace Colthurst, Jackie Shen, Edmund Harry Christiansen, George Fann, Michael Arthur Goldberg, Jay Elliot Israel, Alan Eric Berger, John Henry Doles, III, Vasily V. Strela, Xiangwei Liu, Deanne Dickinson, Robert Rubinstein, David Gorsich, Per-Olof Persson[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]
Work location
Cambridge[47]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[48]
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy[43]
Erdős number
+3
Family name
Strang[44]
Given name
Gilbert[45]
Interested in
mathematics
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, American Mathematical Society[24][25][26][27]
Name in native language
Gilbert Strang[49]
🏷️ Also known as
en Gilbert Strang en William Gilbert Strang ar جلبرت سترنج cs G. Streng cs William Gilbert Strang cs G. Strang de William Gilbert Strang de W. Gilbert Strang es William Gilbert Strang fa گیلبرت استرنگ fi William Gilbert Strang he גילברט סטרנג hi गिल्बर्ट स्ट्रेंग ja ギルバート・ストラング pl William Gilbert Strang pt William Gilbert Strang ru Гилберт Стрэнг ru Стрэнг, Гилберт uk Гілберт Стренг zh 吉尔伯特·斯特朗
🔖 Identifiers · 46
ISNI
0000000110810750
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8511-7862
VIAF cluster ID
108500696
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n80061807
GND ID
141888474
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Gilbert Strang.jpg ↗
ACM Digital Library author ID
99660342363
All-Russian Mathematical Portal ID
124394
Awards & Winners artist ID
07rrtv
BIBSYS ID
90258732
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13491214m
CANTIC ID
981058508854406706
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CONOR.SR ID
53693449
CiNii Research ID
1140000791703099008
DBLP author ID
s/GilbertStrang
DDB person (GND) ID
141888474
FactGrid item ID
Hans-Joachim Freund
Freebase ID
/m/07rrtv
Goodreads author ID
83669
IdRef ID
050206680
J9U entity ID
987007427733005171
MR Author ID
167935
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
13383
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00732202
NDL Authority ID
00457883
NL CR AUT ID
vse2008430014
NLAI ID
8979
NUKAT ID
n98012519
National Academy of Sciences member ID
3013815
National Library of Greece ID
265722
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201312409
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071821694
Open Library ID
OL536881A
Prabook ID
1751425
Quora topic ID
Gilbert-Strang-1
ResearchGate profile ID
Gilbert_Strang
Russian Academy of Sciences person ID
65439
SBN author ID
RAVV013898
SHARE Catalogue author ID
27741
Scopus author ID
7004201138
UOM ID
9994
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058508854406706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1027453
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtxhqc88HCMG7BPGjgHYP
Yale LUX ID
person/a17aadbf-4804-4386-a9fd-b0253535ad77
ZbMATH author ID
strang.gilbert

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Field of work 6
mathematics, education, linear algebra, calculus of variations, finite element method, wavelet transform
Award received 5
Rhodes Scholarship, Chauvenet Prize, Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards, Peter Henrici Prize, honorary doctor of Toulouse-III University
Member of 4
National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Mathematical Society, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Doctoral student 3
Hermann Flaschka, Edward Wesler Packel, Hermann Matthies
Doctoral students 3
Hermann Flaschka, Edward Wesler Packel, Hermann Matthies
Educated at 3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, Balliol College
Author of 2
A neural network solves, explains, and generates university math problems by program synthesis and few-shot learning at human level, Eigenvalue and Eigenvector Analysis of Stability for a Line of Traffic
Occupation 2
mathematician, university teacher
← Authored by 2
A neural network solves, explains, and generates university math problems by program synthesis and few-shot learning at human level, Eigenvalue and Eigenvector Analysis of Stability for a Line of Traffic
Academic degree 1
Doctor of Philosophy
Affiliated with 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral advisor 1
Peter Henrici
Doctoral advisors 1
Peter Henrici
Employer 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Given name 1
Gilbert
Instance of 1
human
Interested in 1
mathematics
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Chicago
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
Cambridge
← Winner 1
Chauvenet Prize
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Summary

Gilbert Strang was born on November 27, 1934[1], in Chicago[2]. He has worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

Why It Matters

Gilbert Strang's notable doctoral advisees include Hermann Flaschka[50], a mathematician[51], 1945–2021[52], of United States[53], awarded the Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics[54], specialised in mathematics[55]; Edward Wesler Packel[56], a mathematician[57], b. 1941[58]; and Hermann Matthies[59], a computer scientist[60], b. 1951[61], of Germany[62], awarded the Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize[63].

FAQs

Where was Gilbert Strang born?

Gilbert Strang's place of birth was Chicago[2].

What did Gilbert Strang do for work?

Gilbert Strang worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did Gilbert Strang go to school?

Gilbert Strang was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[13], University of California, Los Angeles[14], and Balliol College[15].

What awards did Gilbert Strang receive?

Honors received include Rhodes Scholarship[17], Chauvenet Prize[18], Peter Henrici Prize[19], and Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[20].

Related Entities

Edward Wesler Packel Hermann Matthies Massachusetts Institute of Technology mathematics United States University of California, Los Angeles

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