mathematician
noun
math·e·ma·ti·cian
ˌmath-mə-ˈti-shən 
ˌma-thə-
: a specialist or expert in mathematics
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Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2025
The branch was a happy place for pretty much everyone there, including Altadena resident John May, a computational mathematician who’d brought his son Wallace and a friend there to read.
—Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 7 Mar. 2025
Applied mathematicians are interested in physics and the real world and how airplanes fly and how buildings are built.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
One of the highlights of Apple’s Prime Target has been the welcome addition of Martha Plimpton as Jane Torres, an NSA queen who heads of a group of spies who surveil mathematicians all over the globe.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Mathematician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mathematician. Accessed 14 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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