mathematician
Proof-writing professional
A mathematician is someone who studies or works in mathematics—the abstract science of number, quantity, and space.
Mathematicians may be academic researchers proving theorems, applied specialists solving practical problems in engineering or finance, or teachers of the discipline.
She's a mathematician at MIT.
The problem stumped even professional mathematicians.
Demonstrated logical conclusion
- proofDemonstration of truth
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
- lemmaBase form, or helper theorem
corollary · postulate · equation · variable · function · infinity · paradox · dimension
Mathematical analysis system
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
- trigonometryTriangle angle mathematics
- topologyStudy of spatial arrangement
- analysisMethodical study of parts
number theory · combinatorics · probability · set theory · logic · differential equations · game theory · chaos theory
Professional interpreter of numbers
- logicianExpert in valid reasoning
- cryptographerDesigner of secret codes
- algebraistOne who studies equations
- geometerOne who studies shapes
analyst · actuary · theoretical · applied · computational · pure
Challenge testing ingenuity
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- brainteaserPuzzle demanding clever thought
- proofDemonstration of truth
solution · pattern · insight · creativity · breakthrough · unsolved · Fermat's Last Theorem · traveling salesman
Prolific 18th-century mathematician
- GaussNumber theory pioneer
- EuclidFather of geometry
- NewtonFamous scientific surname
- ArchimedesGreek polymath, physicist
Pythagoras · Fibonacci · Ramanujan · Turing · Fermat · Descartes · Leibniz · Pascal
Conclusion from premises
- inductionFormal admission process
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- logicScience of valid reasoning
demonstration · validity · inference · proposition · hypothesis · counterexample · elegance · intuition
Senior university teacher
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- universityHigher education institution
- tenureProtected employment status
- publicationIssued written material
dissertation · thesis · scholar · doctorate · seminar · colloquium · grant · mentorship
theorem
Demonstrated logical conclusion
- proofDemonstration of truth
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
lemma · corollary · postulate · equation · variable · function · infinity · paradox · dimension · symmetry
calculus
Mathematical analysis system
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
- trigonometryTriangle angle mathematics
- topologyStudy of spatial arrangement
analysis · number theory · combinatorics · probability · set theory · logic · differential equations · game theory · chaos theory · graph theory
statistician
Professional interpreter of numbers
- logicianExpert in valid reasoning
- cryptographerDesigner of secret codes
- algebraistOne who studies equations
geometer · analyst · actuary · theoretical · applied · computational · pure
puzzle
Challenge testing ingenuity
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- brainteaserPuzzle demanding clever thought
proof · solution · pattern · insight · creativity · breakthrough · unsolved · Fermat's Last Theorem · traveling salesman
Euler
Prolific 18th-century mathematician
Archimedes · Pythagoras · Fibonacci · Ramanujan · Turing · Fermat · Descartes · Leibniz · Pascal · Cantor
deduction
Conclusion from premises
- inductionFormal admission process
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
logic · demonstration · validity · inference · proposition · hypothesis · counterexample · elegance · intuition · formalism
professor
Senior university teacher
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- universityHigher education institution
- tenureProtected employment status
publication · dissertation · thesis · scholar · doctorate · seminar · colloquium · grant · mentorship · lecturer
- math careersstatistician, math teacher, actuary, biostatistician, algebraist
- number workersaccountant, bookkeeper, auditor, CPA, bean counter
- Nerdsnerd, geek, dork, dweeb, brainiac
- talented peopleprodigy, genius, virtuoso, maestro, savant
- analystsfinancial analyst, business analyst, data analyst, stock analyst, credit analyst
- codebreakerscodebreaker, codebreakers, cryptanalysts, decoders, cryptanalyst
mathematicianaccountant
Financial records keeper
bookkeeper · actuary · number cruncher · statistician · banker
mathematicianliterary critic
Assesses written works professionally
postmodernist · deconstructionist · poet · abstract expressionist · impressionist
- Greek mathematicianAncient thinker with theorems
- British mathematicianNumbers scholar from Britain
- French mathematicianNumbers expert from France