Who is a mathematcian?

Answer 1

A mathematician is a person who studies mathematics or otherwise works with mathematics for a living. Many mathematicians try to come up with new discoveries and creative inventions in mathematics that they think might be useful. These people are research mathematicians. These mathematicians mostly work for universities. Others might work for government agencies doing various things. Still other mathematicians work for big corporations such as General Electric. A person might be called a mathematician even if he doesn't try to invent new math. Some mathematicians spend most of their time solving somewhat routine but complex math problems that most people don't understand how to solve. These people are applied mathematicians.