WordNet
n. the academic department responsible for teaching and research in mathematics [syn: mathematics department]
Usage examples of "department of mathematics".
He had no trouble in finding a position in a small collegiate institute and when, four years later, the post of the head of the department of mathematics at the collegiate at Salterton fell vacant, he applied for it, and was chosen from among twenty aspirants.
Would anyone be in a better position to discredit a mathematical theory than the head of the department of mathematics at a very prominent university?
Eric worked on the other side of the campus, in a cramped office in the department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
In the department of Mathematics, should give place distinctly: 1, Mathematics pure.
You have presumed upon me as a friend, and have quite evidently forgotten my position as head of the Department of Mathematics at this College.