MIT Mathematics Department
The Department of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (also known as course 18) is one of the leading mathematics departments in the USA and the world. In the 2010 US News ranking of US graduate programs, the Department was ranked number one, while the second place was a 4-way tie between Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and UC Berkeley.
The current faculty of around 50 members, which includes Abel Prize winner Isadore Singer and famous numerical analyst Gilbert Strang.
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