Fasters's definitions

Pi on Fire

When the number π is so proactive and paranoid in marketing herself so that she would constantly remain in the mathematical consciousness of mathematicians and math educators, while making herself conspicuous in the eyes of the lay public to be part of popular culture.

To avoid being disrupted or eclipsed by other mathematical constants, all vying to get the attention of the mathematical brethren, it’s not surprising to witness pi on fire 24/7/365.

by Fasters September 18, 2022

MAGA Math

Also known as “Fake Math.” Any math courses or programs promoted by some unscrupulous individuals or shady institutions that promise to deliver pie-in-the-sky results to lure the gullibles or suckers, who are excited by form rather than substance.

Although tens of thousands of blue-collar workers and suburban evangelicals have been taken advantage of by MAGA math providers and politicians, millions of white parents and patriots in red states have been bought into the lie that their children are being indoctrinated by “woke math” publishers and multicultural math educators.

by Fasters September 20, 2022

Pidemic

Short for “Pi Pandemic.” A frightening 2D or 3D mathematical meme or short clip released by some rogue mathematicians or math educators on the number π to terrorize millions of students and their parents, many of whom suffer from math anxiety to a certain degree.

The pidemic is a great awakening among members of the global mathematical community in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, as they’re clueless how to help an oft-math-anxious or semi-innumerate lay public to come to terms with these two evils.

by Fasters September 23, 2022

兀

A Chinese three-stroke character or surname that is pronounced as “wù.” As an adjective, it means rising to a height; towering; flat top; or bald.

What are the chances that a non-Chinese math geek might mistake 兀 for 𝜋?

by Fasters September 25, 2022

£1 + £1 = $2

The parity equation few currency manipulators or speculators ever thought would happen in their lifetime—when the American dollar finally caught up with the British pound.

Punsters have been bees-zy since the British economy started heading south, by divining when the pound would achieve parity with the dollar, or by predicting when £1 + £1 = $2 would occur.

by Fasters September 25, 2022

Pi Sutra

The mathematical equivalent of “Kama Sutra” that even those who are apathetic about or allergic to the number π want to order a copy or two, after it became the post-pandemic bestselling pop math title on Amazon.

Although “Pi Sutra” is filled with juicy pi factoids, reveals some creative ways of making the irrational number exciting even to math-anxious folks, and discuses some easy-to-understand cool theorems on mathematicians’ constant of choice, however, some ultra-MAGA parents have asked their governors to ban the recreational math book in school libraries, because it’s the potential to pervert the minds of teenagers.

by Fasters September 27, 2022

Robinhood Publishers

Publishing houses that rob their star authors to pay bonuses to their oft-underpaid and overworked editors and their bosses, using all kinds of creative strategies to avoid getting caught, while family-owned publishers would notoriously overpay themselves and their loved ones or relatives first, but underpay their employees.

Even in low-corruption Singapore, it’s an open secret that Robinhood publishers continue to thrive, because most authors who’ve a sixth sense of being shortchanged couldn’t afford the legal means to suing them for their decades-long shady business practices.

by Fasters October 21, 2022