Numerati's definitions

Pimester

A period of about π months, as a division of the duration of a woman’s pregnancy, which is less than a hundred days.

Janette’s craving for pineapples and prawn mee went unabated during her pimester.

by Numerati August 14, 2025

Mathematical Do-ness

Forcing or motivating yourself to DO-ing some math to beat your daily laziness, especially if you are glued or addicted to your cell phone or digital device for an unhealthy number of hours every day.

Some mathematical do-ness activities that could help white-collar workers break away from their sedentary lifestyle are:

Walk exactly 6789 steps.

Create an origami geometric shape out of the newspaper.

Learn to do calculus—differentiate and integrate—with a soroban (Japanese abacus).

Count the number of ballpoint pens in your house.

by Numerati July 29, 2025

HumanAIzed Math

When math educators (teachers, tutors, writers, editors, consultants, …) come to terms that the human-machine convergence will create both opportunities and risks—it is not just a case of what machines can do versus what humans can do, but rather what tasks they can synergistically achieve together.

HumanAIzed math isn’t a mere fusion of humans and machines working alongside each other, but a cocreation for a new vision of math education.

by Numerati November 28, 2024

Mathematical Nap

When the aftermath of overworking with too much x's and y's make someone zzz when they doze or nod off.

Prof. Ziz’s mild snore got some mean colleagues take a shot of him having a mathematical nap, which was suspected to be filled with ƶ, ƶ², …, √ƶ, ℤ.

by Numerati December 16, 2024

Zero Fucks

When someone doesn’t give a heck or damn if they feel they were or are right, even if others didn’t or don’t like them because of it.

Leaders can’t lead their sheep effectively unless they give zero fucks to all those oft-unreasonable or biased complains or protests against them.

by Numerati January 26, 2024

Numeracy Hubs

Where school libraries in both elementary and middle schools, working with local partners, try to tackle numeracy issues in lower-income communities nationwide, where low levels of numeracy (and literacy) are impacting on people’s lives.

Civic groups in red-pilled states want oft-morally corrupt lawmakers to persuade businesses to fund more numeracy hubs to reduce the high rate of poverty among nonwhite families.

by Numerati September 28, 2025

Is Pi Democrat or Republican?

When politicians and philosophers fail to agree whether the irrational number π subscribes to the liberal or woke ideology of the Democratic Party, or shares the conservative or puritan beliefs of the Republican Party (and maybe even the MAGA gospel of the Trumpublican cult).

Metamathematicians don’t think that π will ever conform to the biblical value of three, which is preached by some alt-right Christian nationalists, while far-left ethnomathematicians divine that π holds the secret to the workings of the universe. Is pi Democrat or Republican?

by Numerati June 28, 2025