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Denis Serre
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Origin of the noun "mathematician"

I have read that Pythagore's fraternity had two kinds of members, the 'acousmaticians', who were allowed to attend the lectures, and the 'mathematicians', who had been initiated. Is this the origin of the noun 'mathematician' ?

Denis Serre
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