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When the public announcement of the proof of a famous unsolved problem on π turned out to be short-lived, because the result was later found to contain grave errors.
Mathematicians worldwide were excited to hear that the number (π + e) has been proved to be transcendental (i.e., its value can’t be the root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients), but the news was nothing but a pi moment.
by MathPlus March 22, 2021
Get the Pi Moment mug.Also known as “Pi Divination.” When someone is always on the lookout for the first few digits of the transcendental number π to appear consecutively in a string of random digits, so that their appearance would give them the illusion or delusion that there is probably some hidden message among the digits for them to uncover.
For numerologists and recreational mathematicians, indulging in pivination is an activity that preoccupies their subconscious mind all the time.
by MathPlus June 24, 2021
Get the Pivination mug.Trump’s convicted cronies who escaped imprisonment because they were pardoned by him as a quid pro quo for helping him rise to the highest office in the land with some collusion with Russia.
Guesstimate how many prisonies would be free on 1/20, 2021, when the Liar-in-Chief leaves (or is escorted out of) the White House.
by MathPlus December 27, 2020
Get the Prisonies mug.A mental condition when the irrational number π suffers occasional bouts of depression, especially during a pandemic, when fewer theorems on pi grace the pages of reputable math journals and periodicals.
As the most beloved constant in mathematics, it’s not surprising that π is prone to piralysis every now and then, as it pops up in fewer proofs from delayed publications that came out when the world was on lockdown.
by MathPlus July 27, 2021
Get the Piralysis mug.When a country’s “zero Covid” policy leads to more restrictions and bans on both locals and aliens, often creating irrational fear and panic buying among them due to a shortage of fresh produce in wet markets and of basic essentials in supermarkets, including the closure of religious sites and hair salons nationwide.
by MathPlus February 9, 2022
Get the Covid Hostage mug.Short for “Corona Executioner Officer.” A right-wing oft-inept head of state or dictator who threatens to jail anyone who refuses to get a jab due to the country’s high infection and fatality rates but low vaccination rate.
With a pathetic vaccination rate of 1.91% for Philippines’s population of 110 million, CEO Rodrigo Duterte is fed up with the tortoise take-up rate of his people turning up for a shot.
by MathPlus June 22, 2021
Get the CEO mug.When someone would dump their boyfriend or girlfriend, or even their fiancé or fiancée, after they were tested positive for the coronavirus, because they reasoned that any offspring from them might not grow into a healthy person, whose DNA would have been compromised by infected cells, or who might be carriers of yet-to-be-detected corona diseases for future generations.
Guesstimate how many couples worldwide quietly or unexplainably parted ways due to viral separation since the beginning of the pandemic.
by MathPlus March 20, 2022
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