mathematician

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.

Asked for a testimony to the effect that Emmy Noether was a great woman mathematician, he said: I can testify that she is a great mathematician, but that she is a woman, I
cannot swear.

by G Gorkenheimer April 6, 2006

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Possibly, on average, the smartest people around since they can actually back up their knowledge with rigorous proof. Someone who specializes in pure or applied mathematics.

A mathematician is not happy until the proof is complete.

by algebrator July 30, 2009

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A person who suffers from obsessive compulsive proving disorder.

-Mike, did you know that every whole number greater than 1 is a prime number or a product of prime numbers?
-No I didn't... I am a mathematician I need to prove it... (cries uncontrollably) help me please...

by Frikiboss December 6, 2019

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The one job everyone wants you to have but no one ever does have.

Everyone: You're going to become a mathematician one day.

You: No, no I'm not.

by ponybalogna June 13, 2018

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A sexual act where one person (male or female) kneels at a man's side, and with the fingers of one hand probes the anus in a calculator-button pushing motion. The other hand grips the penis and strokes it in a crank handle fashion, as if he or she is operating an old-time crank-handle calculator.

Sally promised the college math professor that if she performed the mathematician on him he would shout out prime numbers at the top of his lungs.

by 0 00 January 8, 2006

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