Mathematician
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| Occupation type | Academic | 
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| Competencies | Mathematics, analytical skills and critical thinking skills | 
| Education required | Doctoral degree, occasionally master's degree | 
| Fields of employment | universities, private corporations, financial industry, government | 
| Related jobs | statistician, actuary | 
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A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change.