[1] The name "mathemagician" was probably first applied to Martin Gardner, but has since been used to describe many mathematician/magicians, including Arthur T. Benjamin,[2] Persi Diaconis,[3] and Colm Mulcahy.
[4] Diaconis has suggested that the reason so many mathematicians are magicians is that "inventing a magic trick and inventing a theorem are very similar activities.
"[5] Mathemagician is a neologism, specifically a portmanteau, that combines mathematician and magician.
Max Maven often utilizes this type of magic in his performance.
The Mathemagician is the name of a character in the 1961 children's book The Phantom Tollbooth.