mathematician
noun
math·e·ma·ti·cian
ˌmath-mə-ˈti-shən 
ˌma-thə-
: a specialist or expert in mathematics
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Best Math Adventure Game How well does your mini mathematician know their numbers?
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
In 1494, for example, mathematician and ‘father of modern accounting’ Luca Pacioli wrote of Venetian merchants willfully rendering their ledgers illegible.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
In the decades since Eisenbud and Levine had published their proof, mathematicians had devised a seemingly unrelated framework called motivic homotopy theory.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 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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