mathematician
noun
math·e·ma·ti·cian
ˌmath-mə-ˈti-shən 
ˌma-thə-
: a specialist or expert in mathematics
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But what exactly is the algorithm — and what have ancient Babylon and Greek mathematicians got to do with it?
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Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
The counterexamples show that four-dimensional manifolds are even more remarkably diverse than mathematicians in earlier decades had realized.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
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Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
The counterexamples show that four-dimensional manifolds are even more remarkably diverse than mathematicians in earlier decades had realized.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
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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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