mathematician
noun
math·e·ma·ti·cian
ˌmath-mə-ˈti-shən 
ˌma-thə-
: a specialist or expert in mathematics
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In 1994, the mathematician Peter Shor discovered a way for quantum computers to efficiently reverse the trapdoor functions that underlie most current public key cryptography systems, including prime factorization.
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John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
During the first year of the pandemic, Earthwise impresario Mark Weiss commissioned her to write a piece in honor of the late Stanford mathematician Paul Cohen, who did groundbreaking work on solving a longstanding problem known as the continuum hypothesis in the early 1960s.
—Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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In the 1940s, Soviet mathematician Andrey Kolmogorov described a mathematical relationship between the fluctuations in a flow’s speed and the rate at which its energy dissipates.
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John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
During the first year of the pandemic, Earthwise impresario Mark Weiss commissioned her to write a piece in honor of the late Stanford mathematician Paul Cohen, who did groundbreaking work on solving a longstanding problem known as the continuum hypothesis in the early 1960s.
—Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
The portrait of mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing was created using Ai-Da Robot’s AI algorithms.
U.K.-based art dealer and gallery owner Aidan Meller created the Ai-Da humanoid robot, depicted as a woman with a black bob and dressed in a t-shirt and denim overalls.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2024
In the 1940s, Soviet mathematician Andrey Kolmogorov described a mathematical relationship between the fluctuations in a flow’s speed and the rate at which its energy dissipates.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
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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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