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algebraist

American  
[al-juh-brey-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

Mathematics received an impulse, largely, it is true, from the Arabs of Spain, but also from the East; Leonardo Fibonacci, the first Christian algebraist, had travelled in Syria and Egypt.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

If it is all his own, he will make a good algebraist in the time to come.

From A Tangled Tale by A. B. (Arthur Burdett) Frost

DIOPHANTUS, of Alexandria, Greek algebraist, probably flourished about the middle of the 3rd century.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

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