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mathemagician en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of mathematician + magician.

Meanings

1. (informal) One whose mathematical skills are so remarkable as to resemble magic.
   • It is not, then, a Boeing which our mathemagicians propose to make vanish, but the living Earth; and it is its metaphysical double which they are progressively unveiling to us. 2005, Paul Virilio, The information bomb:
   • Of course, there is no reason why some algorithm invented by mathemagicians should have an analogy in the way actual markets work. 1984, Richard R Cornwall, Introduction to the use of general equilibrium analysis:
   • They're all here in this illustrated, brain-boggling bonanza by famous puzzler and mathemagician Martin Gardner. 1995, Martin Gardner, Classic Brainteasers:

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