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When math historians from the US and the West never fail to emphasize the contributions of white mathematicians on the development of the number π, with quasi-zero mention of inputs from their nonwhite counterparts.
With a large proportion of journal articles being published by co-authors from different nationalities or races, to what extent is pi colonialism still being practiced in academic publishing today?
by Fasters May 22, 2022
Get the Pi Colonialismmug. When a picture frame that depicts the number π or pi-related items has its length to its width in the ratio (1 + √5)/2 : 1.
The postmodern artist of “Golden Pi” decided to affix a smaller painting underneath it as an explanatory note to the larger one.
by Fasters June 22, 2022
Get the Golden Pimug. The aha! feeling math geeks experience at the sight or sound of a little juicy or sexy theorem, or math factoid, on the number π—a minor form of mathematical bliss that could last for days in some instances.
Just as Roland Barthes, French writer and critic, associates a good or pleasurable read with a dizzying orgasm, pure mathematicians or number theorists secretly dream or long for an orgasmic pi chance encounter, especially when they’re at their most vulnerable state of mind.
by Fasters August 28, 2022
Get the Orgasmic Pimug. The most disruptive figure in all of humanity, and the universe’s most nonreligious figure, whose death on the cross now allows humankind to have a direct communication line with their Creator, without daily, weekly, monthly, or annual rituals, rites, and animal sacrifices, or obeying man-made religious laws.
In some parts of the world, the mere mention of Jesus Christ, or being caught reading the Good News about His love and power, could land truth seekers behind bars, because His name is above all other names—all (human, demonic, or spiritual) forces, governments, and principalities on earth are under His sovereign rule.
by Fasters September 3, 2023
Get the Jesus Christmug. An equation that shows that multiplying two positive whole numbers doesn’t always make the product larger, and it also shows that the product of two positive whole numbers can be less than its sum.
Isn’t the mathematical sentence 1 × 1 = 1 a numerical curiosity or oddity that should puzzle or excite elementary school teachers, students, and parents, because it shows the idiosyncratic or magical properties of whole numbers?
by Fasters May 9, 2022
Get the 1 × 1 = 1mug. The X factor that would make math geeks or symbol-minded folks stand out in a crowd—when they are seen as an odd in a sea of evens.
Most math educators worldwide dread their oft-underpaid or overworked or unfulfilled day job, because few of them have learned to recognize or leverage on their π factor to become a candidate of choice among the unicorns or decacorns.
by Fasters June 3, 2023
Get the π factormug. 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
Get the Pi Sutramug.