mathemagician

English

Alternative forms

• mathmagician, mathamagician

Etymology

Blend of mathematician +‎ magician

Noun

mathemagician (plural mathemagicians)

1. (informal) One whose mathematical skills are so remarkable as to resemble magic.
   • 1984, Richard R Cornwall, Introduction to the use of general equilibrium analysis:

     Of course, there is no reason why some algorithm invented by mathemagicians should have an analogy in the way actual markets work.

   • 1995, Martin Gardner, Classic Brainteasers:

     They're all here in this illustrated, brain-boggling bonanza by famous puzzler and mathemagician Martin Gardner.

   • 2005, Paul Virilio, The information bomb:

     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.