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A renaissance man is notable in severeal fields and is avant-garde in many of those fields;whereas a polymath is proficient in several fields and avant-garde in very few or none of them.
An avant-garde person in most/all their fields isn't considered a polymath.
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Who is an Italian polymath?
A polymath (From the Greek, "having learned much") is a person with wide ranging knowledge in many fields. This is similar to the term "Renaissance man" . The term is not limited to the knowledge of mathematics, although mathematics can be included in the polymath's skills. Italian polymaths include Leonardo da Vinci and Leon Battista Alberti (who invented the term)
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Who is an Italian polymath?
A polymath (From the Greek, "having learned much") is a person with wide ranging knowledge in many fields. This is similar to the term "Renaissance man" . The term is not limited to the knowledge of mathematics, although mathematics can be included in the polymath's skills. Italian polymaths include Leonardo da Vinci and Leon Battista Alberti (who invented the term)
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