MATHEMATICIAN

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gilbert Strang has received more than 685,571 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Gilbert Strang is the 770th most popular mathematician (down from 706th in 2019), the 7,302nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,877th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Mathematician.

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  • 690k

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  • 54.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gilbert Strang ranks 770 out of 1,004. Before him are Carl Størmer, Benjamin Robins, William Henry Young, Giuseppe Veronese, Yitang Zhang, and Leonida Tonelli. After him are Walter Rudin, Wendelin Werner, Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, Oskar Perron, Franz Mertens, and Gu Chaohao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Gilbert Strang ranks 387. Before him are Jacques Chessex, Phạm Minh Mẫn, Luis Maidana, Michael May, Joyce Van Patten, and Ray Wilson. After him are Adolf Muschg, Jaegwon Kim, Shirley Douglas, Herwig Wolfram, David Burke, and Sam Panopoulos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gilbert Strang ranks 7,302 out of 20,380. Before him are Walter Breuning (1896), Shemp Howard (1895), Jane Wyatt (1910), Ben Bradlee (1921), David Blatt (1959), and Amy Smart (1976). After him are Clarence Darrow (1857), Warren Farrell (1943), Olivia Harrison (1948), Alan Taylor (1959), Buddy DeFranco (1923), and William J. Casey (1913).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Gilbert Strang ranks 51. Before him are David Gale (1921), Daniel Quillen (1940), Charles Fefferman (1949), Gladys West (1930), Solomon W. Golomb (1932), and Rudy Rucker (1946). After him are Martin Davis (1928), Hassler Whitney (1907), Edward O. Thorp (1932), Joseph Keller (1923), Christine Darden (1942), and Morris Kline (1908).

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