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algebraist

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

noun

  1. an expert in algebra.


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Etymology

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

These range from the puzzle that the algebraist finds to be nothing but a "simple equation," quite easy of direct solution, up to the profoundest problems in the elegant domain of the theory of numbers.

From The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney

"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 Robert Louis Stevenson

There is a charming life by Henry Morley, of Cardan, the great Italian physician and algebraist, which gives us in accurate detail the daily routine of a doctor's days in the sixteenth century.

From Doctor and Patient by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell

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