mathematician
noun
math·e·ma·ti·cian
ˌmath-mə-ˈti-shən 
ˌma-thə-
: a specialist or expert in mathematics
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Sylow normalizers, like the subgroups they’re built out of, can tell mathematicians a lot about the original group.
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Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Over time, mathematicians have made these criteria stricter and stricter.
—Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2025
BepiColombo is named after the late Professor Giuseppe (Bepi) Colombo, an Italian mathematician and engineer who discovered a resonance that makes Mercury rotate on its axis three times every two years.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
And no one calls for a mathematician’s head when a play goes awry.
—John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Mathematician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mathematician. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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mathematician
noun
math·e·ma·ti·cian
ˌmath-(ə-)mə-ˈtish-ən
: a specialist or expert in mathematics
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