He must be a mathematician rather than a political economist".
Noether was a mathematician rather than a physicist, but her theorem, which states that for every continuous symmetry in nature, there is a conservation law, is now part of the bedrock of physics.
The blond man's monologues keep it real, and in the end Mr. Franco returns to talk about his own father, who he says met his mother in an art course taught by Richard Diebenkorn, but who decided to become a mathematician rather than take the risk of being a painter.
Zhmud supports Pythagoras' position as genuine mathematician rather than someone interested only in number symbolism by pointing to gaps in the development of early Greek mathematics.
Apparently, Nobel Prize-winning American theoretical physicist Sheldon Glashow, whom Damon met while studying at Harvard University, convinced the actor to make Will Hunting a mathematician rather than a physics genius, due to the fact that it would make more sense for the character.
Mathematicians, rather, seek--and find--employment in a wide range of sectors.
There was a tradition in Belgium of the most gifted mathematicians entering engineering rather than pure mathematics or physics.
He was no mathematician or engineer ingénieux rather than ingénieur, as he liked to say and his education was no finer than could be expected for the son of a baker from Vitry-sur-Seine Vitry-sur-Seine Vitry-sur-Seine
"The large bookmakers increasingly employ mathematicians and risk managers, rather than those knowledgeable about sport, to ensure that they maximise profits – and have no chance of losing money," said one senior industry source.
As a mathematician Huygens had great talent rather than genius of the first order.
