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Gilbert Strang

Gilbert Strang

D-Index & Metrics

Mathematics

D-Index
57
Citations
44051
World Ranking
659
National Ranking
330

Gilbert Strang publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mathematics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gilbert Strang sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 300 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more.

Gilbert Strang D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gilbert Strang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2009 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to finite elements and wavelets as well as influential textbooks in applied and numerical mathematics.
  • 2005 - John von Neumann Medal, U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM) For his contributions to the mathematical foundations of the finite element method
  • 1998 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

Gilbert Strang is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Mathematics and Computer Science, with significant contributions to several subfields including Applied Mathematics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Algebra and Number Theory, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's work covers various topics, notably graph theory and CDMA systems, Matrix Theory and Algorithms, Advanced Topics in Algebra, Topic Modeling, Statistics Education and Methodologies, Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning, and Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research.

Key venues for their publications include arXiv (Cornell University), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SIAM Review, PRIMUS, and IEEE Control Systems.

Recent papers by this researcher include:

  • A neural network solves, explains, and generates university math problems by program synthesis and few-shot learning at human level (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • LU and CR Elimination (2022), SIAM Review
  • The Art of Linear Algebra (2024), PRIMUS
  • Introduction to Applied Linear Algebra: Vectors, Matrices, and Least Squares [Bookshelf] (2020), IEEE Control Systems

Coauthors frequently collaborating with the scientist include Iddo Drori, Sarah Zhang, Reece Shuttleworth, Leonard Tang, and Albert Lu.

Among their book publications, the scientist has a notable title published by the European Organization for Nuclear Research: Introduction to Linear Algebra Fifth Edition (2020).

Awards and honors received by the scientist are:

  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2009)
  • SIAM Fellow (2009) for contributions to finite elements and wavelets as well as influential textbooks in applied and numerical mathematics
  • John von Neumann Medal, U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM) (2005) for contributions to the mathematical foundations of the finite element method
  • Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) (1998)

Best Publications

  • Wavelets and filter banks

    Gilbert Strang;Truong Nguyen

  • An Analysis of the Finite Element Method

    Gilbert Strang;George J. Fix;D. S. Griffin

  • On the Construction and Comparison of Difference Schemes

    Gilbert Strang

  • Introduction to Linear Algebra

    Gilbert Strang

  • Introduction to applied mathematics

    G. Strang;L. B. Freund

  • A simple mesh generator in MATLAB

    Per-Olof Persson;Gilbert Strang

  • Wavelets and dilation equations: a brief introduction

    G. Strang

  • The Discrete Cosine Transform

    Gilbert Strang

  • Optimal design and relaxation of variational problems, III

    Robert V. Kohn;Gilbert Strang

  • The solution of nonlinear finite element equations

    Hermann Matthies;Gilbert Strang

  • The application of multiwavelet filterbanks to image processing

    V. Strela;P.N. Heller;G. Strang;P. Topiwala

  • Linear Algebra, Geodesy, and GPS

    Gilbert Strang;Kai Borre

  • A proposal for toeplitz matrix calculations

    Gilbert Strang

  • Wavelet transforms versus Fourier transforms

    Gilbert Strang

  • Functions of bounded deformation

    Roger Temam;Roger Temam;Gilbert Strang;Gilbert Strang

  • Accurate partial difference methods

    Gilbert Strang

  • Toeplitz equations by conjugate gradients with circulant preconditioner

    Raymond H. Chan;Gilbert Strang

  • Short wavelets and matrix dilation equations

    G. Strang;V. Strela

  • VARIATIONAL CRIMES IN THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

    Gilbert Strang

  • An Analysis of the Finite Element Method

    Gilbert Strang;George J. Fix

  • Introduction to Applied Mathematics

    G. Strang;H. Saunders

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert V. Kohn
Robert V. Kohn Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Truong Q. Nguyen
Truong Q. Nguyen University of California, San Diego
Christopher Heil
Christopher Heil Georgia Institute of Technology
Roger Temam
Roger Temam Indiana University
Xiqi Gao
Xiqi Gao Southeast University
Raymond H. Chan
Raymond H. Chan Lingnan University
Hermann G. Matthies
Hermann G. Matthies Technische Universität Braunschweig
Roald Hoffmann
Roald Hoffmann Cornell University

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