Fasters's definitions

Pi Junk

Used books on or about the number π; dismantled exhibits on the beauty, ubiquity, and utility of π held on Pi Day by students in school or at shopping malls; or discarded pi-related projects or artworks by artists or math educators in a museum.

Eco Math: How could all the pi junk be recycled without polluting the environment?

by Fasters December 13, 2021

Xmas Pi

When the number π has unprovenly been using dreams for centuries to hint at number theorists and numerologists that besides some Old Testament books in the Bible, the birth of Christ is also revealed via its digits, if only they know how or where to look for them—had they sought the Holy Spirit, the Third Person in the Trinity, for direction, they would have received the revelation instead of struggling with their own intellect.

Divining the virgin birth of the Messiah via Xmas pi would have been a digital coup for the mathematical brethren, who could have been flirting with mathematical immortality thanks to their discovery.

by Fasters December 14, 2021

3.14

The name of a company incorporated in Singapore—which was registered on Pi Day by three math geeks, one green billionaire, and four family members-turned-financial angels—that aims at getting attention from those who are curious to know the nature of the business.

It’s pretty tempting even for laypersons with negative experiences, or quasi-zero interest, in school math to Google “3.14,” because they’re piqued up by the catchy name of the organization—could it be another shell company in the tax heaven that is involved in money laundering?

by Fasters December 15, 2021

Pi Inequality

When the number π feels marginalized in some puritan or theocratic quarters as it is allowed only to express itself to one or two decimal places, or to two or three significant figures, while such a numerical oppression is quasi-inexistent in most countries in the West.

Due to oft-unspoken pi inequality, π in different milieux is not treated equally or fairly.

by Fasters December 15, 2021

Is Pi Male or Female?

When the beautiful numerical or geometric properties of the number π lures far more men than women, who long to get intimate with mathematics’s most famous constant—when rational male figures get pretty excited, with some even experiencing occasional ahas, whenever the irrational and sexy π reveals more of her hidden properties.

The masculine and feminine subtle behaviors exhibited by the number π makes math educators and recreational mathematicians quietly ask: “Is pi male or female?”

by Fasters December 19, 2021

What’s the Temperature of Pi?

A synesthetic question that would best be posed to idiot savants, whose varying answers would probably be based on their degree of autism, or to some math nerds suffering from schizophrenia.

Some math geeks turned psychologists think that they too could figure out the answer to “What’s the temperature of pi?” without being afflicted with any mental disorders.

by Fasters December 19, 2021

Santa’s Funeral

When someone dies on Christmas Eve and their funeral is a Christmas party for relatives and friends to recount and reminisce about the deceased’s selfless contributions and achievements to humanity on this side of eternity.

At Santa’s funeral, the children and grandchildren are secretly contemplating what the old man’s will has allocated for them.

by Fasters December 22, 2021