algebraist

[ al-juh-brey-ist ]

noun

1. an expert in algebra.

Other Words From

• sub·alge·braist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of algebraist¹

First recorded in 1665–75; algebra + -ist

Example Sentences

Instead of trying to measure the area inside a parabola as the Greeks did, early algebraists sought to find the solutions to equations that encode relationships between different numbers.

From Literature

And that is why the great algebraist, Carl Jacobi, so often said: “invert, always invert.”

From Time

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 Project Gutenberg

The same method applied to a problem given by the ancient Hindu algebraist Brahmagupta, who lived in the seventh century after Christ, might result in placing Brahmagupta in prehistoric times.

From Project Gutenberg

We believe in the existence of the ruins of Palmyra and Thebes, and in certain discoveries of algebraists and astronomers.

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