algebraist

al·ge·bra

 (ăl′jə-brə)

n.

1. A branch of mathematics in which symbols, usually letters of the alphabet, represent numbers or members of a specified set and are used to represent quantities and to express general relationships that hold for all members of the set.

2. A set together with a pair of binary operations defined on the set. Usually, the set and the operations simultaneously form both a ring and a module.

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[Middle English, bone-setting, and Italian, algebra, both from Medieval Latin, from Arabic al-jabr (wa-l-muqābala), the restoration (and the compensation), addition (and subtraction) : al-, the + jabr, bone-setting, restoration (from jabara, to set (bones), force, restore; see gpr in Semitic roots).]

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al′ge·bra′ist (-brā′ĭst) n.

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algebraist - a mathematician whose specialty is algebra mathematician - a person skilled in mathematics

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