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A '''mathematician''' is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of [[mathematics (nonfiction)]] in his or her work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
[[File:Occupations_related_to_mathematics,_WPA_poster,_ca._1938.jpg|thumb|Careers in mathematics.  WPA poster, circa 1936-1941.]]A '''mathematician''' is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of [[Mathematics (nonfiction)|mathematics]] in his or her work, typically to solve mathematical problems.


Mathematics is concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models and change.
[[Mathematics (nonfiction)|Mathematics]] is concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models and change.


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== In the News ==


* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]]
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File:Mayan numerals.svg|link=Mathematics (nonfiction)|Mayan numerals put to death by Aztecs in ritual [[Crimes against mathematical constants]].
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]]
* [[Forbidden Ratio]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Mathematics]]
* [[Mathematics]]
* [[Mathematician]]
* [[Mathematician]]
* [[Poet]]
* [[Nathaniel Torporley (nonfiction)]]
 
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
 
* [[Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (nonfiction)]]
* [[Ibn al-Haytham (nonfiction)]]
* [[Jordanus de Nemore (nonfiction)]]
* [[Geometry (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]]


== External links ==
External links:


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematician Mathematician] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematician Mathematician] @ Wikipedia


[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Mathematics (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Mathematics (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Occupations (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Occupations (nonfiction)]]

Latest revision as of 14:26, 26 December 2017

Careers in mathematics. WPA poster, circa 1936-1941.

A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in his or her work, typically to solve mathematical problems.

Mathematics is concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models and change.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links: