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algebraist

American  
[al-juh-brey-ist] / ˈæl dʒəˌbreɪ ɪst /

noun

  1. an expert in algebra.


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Origin of algebraist

First recorded in 1665–75; algebra + -ist

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And that is why the great algebraist, Carl Jacobi, so often said: “invert, always invert.”

From Time • Feb. 23, 2015

Igor Shafarevich, a world-famous algebraist, told Western newsmen that the aim of the essays was to bring about fundamental changes in the U.S.S.R.

From Time Magazine Archive

His most judicious remarks differ from the remarks of a really philosophical historian, as a sum correctly cast up by a bookkeeper from a general expression discovered by an algebraist.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

"The first thing you know, you'll be falling in love with the algebraist," said I. "Don't say it even in jest," he cried.

From The Wrecker by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The method was original as far as Horner was concerned, but it is practically identical with the one used by the Chinese algebraist Ch'in Chiu-shang, in his Su-shu Chiu-chang of 1247.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene

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