What is Gilbert Strang?
{{Infobox scientist | name = W. Gilbert Strang | image = Gilbert Strang.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1934|11|27}} | birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]] | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} --> | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = [[United States|American]] | fields = [[Mathematics]] | workplaces = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] | alma_mater = MIT<br>[[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] <br>[[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] | thesis_title = Difference Methods for Mixed Boundary Value Problems | thesis_url = | thesis_year = 1959 | doctoral_advisor = [[Peter K. Henrici]] | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = {{plainlist| *[[Hermann Flaschka]] *[[Pavel Grinfeld]] *[[Alan Berger]] }} | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = [[Chauvenet Prize]] (1977) | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | footnotes = | spouse = }} '''William Gilbert Strang''' (born November 27, 1934) is an [[Americans|American]] [[mathematician]]. His works focused on [[Finite elements|finite element theory]], the [[calculus of variations]], [[wavelet analysis]] and [[linear algebra]]. He teaches Introduction to [[Linear Algebra]], Computational Science and Engineering, and Matrix Methods at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://math.mit.edu/~gs/everyone/|title=Linear Algebra for Everyone|website=math.mit.edu|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> ==References== {{r