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mathematician Definition

math·ema·ti·cian (mat̸h′ə mə tis̸hən, mat̸h′mə-)

noun

an expert or specialist in mathematics

Etymology: ME mathematicion < MFr mathematicien

mathematician Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • practice: The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications is the professional and learned society for qualified and practicing mathematicians.
  • apply: Indeed it could be said that Turing treated mathematical logic like an applied mathematician.
  • bring: The conference will bring together mathematicians, physicists, and engineers of varying backgrounds and occupations.
  • employ: This is understandable, but limits the usefulness of the mathematicians employed by the desk.
  • become: I never became a modern mathematician, never learned any of the abstract stuff.
  • lead: He had many students; now some of them are among leading mathematicians.

Converse of subject

  • develop: In fact, there are areas of mathematics that have been developed by mathematicians on the assumption that the Riemann Hypothesis is true.
  • study: It was studied by ancient mathematicians due to its frequent appearance in geometry.

Adjective modifier

  • eminent: His father, Christian Bohr, was professor of physiology at the University of Copenhagen and his younger brother Harald became an eminent mathematician.
  • applied: Without a doubt, the future for applied mathematicians looks very, very good.
  • Swiss: A close friendship developed between the two Swiss mathematicians in exile.
  • pure: Hardy was a pure mathematician who hoped his mathematics could never be applied.
  • prolific: He was the most prolific mathematician that has ever lived.
  • distinguished: Wren is most famous as an architect but he was also a distinguished mathematician.

Noun used with modifier

  • university: That would make him the highest-paid university mathematician in the country.
  • century: The 19th century mathematician Kronecker famously claimed that " God made the integers, all the rest is the work of man.
  • woman: Ada Lovelace was not the only woman mathematician around at the time.
  • research: This period was clearly important for his future development as a research mathematician.

Preposition: in

century: The former had already been solved by several mathematicians in the ninth century.

Preposition: of

century: Lagrange, Joseph ( 1736 - 1813 ) A French mathematician of the eighteenth century.

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