mathematician
noun
math·e·ma·ti·cian
ˌmath-mə-ˈti-shən 
ˌma-thə-
: a specialist or expert in mathematics
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Big Think, 28 Jan. 2026
Not the general kinds of graphs that the team was studying, but a special type of graph invented in 1878 by the mathematician Arthur Cayley.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 28 Jan. 2026
Virat Kohli, Archimedes and (late Indian mathematician) Srinivasa Ramanujan.
—Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
In 1844, German astronomer, mathematician, physicist, and geodesist Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784-1836) found their paths through space to be wavy, instead of straight, and correctly attributed this to the gravitational effects of unseen companions.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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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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