mathematician
noun
math·e·ma·ti·cian
ˌmath-mə-ˈti-shən 
ˌma-thə-
: a specialist or expert in mathematics
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But last summer Antoine Song, a mathematician at the California Institute of Technology, found a way to translate the question into the language of probability theory.
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
Your next big movie role was as the historic NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson in 2016’s Hidden Figures.
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Don’t worry, ride-share drivers and mathematicians, your jobs are safe for now.
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But Khayyam was also a renowned mathematician and astronomer in what is now Iran.
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
Your next big movie role was as the historic NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson in 2016’s Hidden Figures.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Don’t worry, ride-share drivers and mathematicians, your jobs are safe for now.
—Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2026
But Khayyam was also a renowned mathematician and astronomer in what is now Iran.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 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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