Fasters's definitions

Pithagorean

A disciple of the Greek mathematician Pythagoras (c. 500 BC), who was puzzled that for any circle, the ratio of its perimeter to diameter has always the same approximate value of 3.1, leading them to wonder whether the constant number was imbued with any mystical or numerological significance.

The first mathematical murder unprovenly took place when a Pithagorean was thrown into the sea by his mathematical brethren, when he blasphemed that the constant value associated with any circle couldn’t exactly be written as a ratio of two whole numbers, which contradicted his master’s numerical gospel that everything in the universe could only be expressed in whole numbers or their ratios.

by Fasters January 3, 2022

Buffalo Pi

When someone boastfully claimed to have used the value of the decimal number π to at least a dozen digits in a computation to sound more accurate, when three or four digits would have sufficed.

Unless they are a rocket scientist or quantum physicist, laypersons who pridefully tell others that they had used buffalo pi in a practical math problem are simply blowing their own horn.

by Fasters January 2, 2022

Cannamath

When parents rely on cannabis to slow down their stressful life, so that they are better able to help their oft-math-anxious children cope with the mathematical challenges and frustrations they face in school—for example, they could help them with their math homework or project, which also provides them an opportunity to bond and engage with their kids during their formative years.

The legalization of cannabis to more US states would allow more parents to embrace cannamath, thus enabling them to get more involved in the mathematics education of their children, by being more present, more patient, and more creative with them.

by Fasters January 1, 2022

Pi Revolution

Where math educators, publishers, and bookstores worldwide join forces on Pi Day to promote the beauty, ubiquity, and utility of the number π to millions of students, teachers, and parents.

Guesstimate how many students’ lives are annually being impacted positively thanks to the pi revolution.

by Fasters December 31, 2021

Pimageddon

When the last battle between good and evil prior to the Judgement Day would take place could hypothetically or unprovenly be divined from the digits of the decimal number π.

Both number theorists and biblical numerologists are hell-bent to figuring out the D-day for Pimageddon—who would be the pi futurist who stubbornly claimed to be able to predict Christ’s Second Coming, Who had already forewarned his followers that He would return to earth like a thief?

by Fasters December 30, 2021

Mala Math

HOT (higher-order thinking) math questions that give you an intellectual kick to the point that they could temporarily numb your mind before you experience an aha! in solving them—mala is a spicy and numbing seasoning made from Sichuan peppercorn and chilli.

Geeks in Singapore who are attending enrichment math programmes from premium tuition centers have been begging their coaches for more mala math quickies and trickies and toughies to satisfy their mathematical cravings.

by Fasters December 29, 2021

Pidoku

The act of acquiring books and journal or periodical articles on the number π but letting them pile up at home without reading them.

How many symbol-minded folks worldwide are guilty of pidoku?

by Fasters December 27, 2021