mathematician
noun
math·e·ma·ti·cian
ˌmath-mə-ˈti-shən 
ˌma-thə-
: a specialist or expert in mathematics
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Later, Noone would tell the authorities that Scott had been fascinated by the famed British mathematician Alan Turing, who died by cyanide poisoning, in what was ruled a suicide, after being prosecuted for his homosexuality.
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Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
For example, in 1917 the Scottish biologist, mathematician and classics scholar D’Arcy Thompson published On Growth and Form, which highlighted similarities between the shapes found among living organisms and those that emerge in nonliving matter.
—Anna Demming, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
So far, mathematicians have managed to tabulate all prime knots of up to crossing number 20.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
His adversary, mathematician Gustaf Mittag-Leffler, disagreed.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
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Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
For example, in 1917 the Scottish biologist, mathematician and classics scholar D’Arcy Thompson published On Growth and Form, which highlighted similarities between the shapes found among living organisms and those that emerge in nonliving matter.
—Anna Demming, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
So far, mathematicians have managed to tabulate all prime knots of up to crossing number 20.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
His adversary, mathematician Gustaf Mittag-Leffler, disagreed.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 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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