Goemans, head of the MIT Department of Mathematics, said Strang has been the longest serving faculty member in the history of the department. Strang was also praised by colleagues such as MIT professor Alan Edelman.Ĭalling his colleague “Gil” for short, he said the professor was “a Youtube star even before there was such a thing.”Īnother colleague, Michel X. “Strang's book Introduction to Applied Mathematics is another masterpiece,” tweeted Daniel O'Connor, an assistant professor at the University of San Francisco. Over the course of his career, he published 13 books, some of which social media users have praised quite a bit online.
Strang is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, according to his website. That movement will continue because it is right.” So many universities (and even high schools) now appreciate how beautiful it is and how valuable it is. “I am so grateful to everyone who likes linear algebra and sees its importance. “Teaching has been a wonderful life,” he wrote. Strang released a statement in the comment section of his last lecture on Youtube and said hearing about his impact on students almost made him reconsider retirement. In the heartwarming video that has everyone talking this week, a sea of students stand and clap for the professor, who attended MIT during his undergraduate studies. He taught his last class on May 15, according to documentarians at the university. Gilbert Strang has been a professor in MIT’s math department for 61 years and has been part of the MIT community for 66 years, a spokesperson for the institution told USA TODAY. A viral video showing students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology clapping for a math professor during his last lecture has social media in a stir, for good reasons, of course.
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