When some corona variants see themselves more powerful or attention-grabbing than others, because of their higher rate of infection, transmission, or destruction.
Just when the UK and Indian Covid-19 strains thought they were the most dangerous viruses plaguing the world, the Vietnamese or North Korean variant could outwit them both, thus showing that the viral inequality between present variants and new hybrids is getting wider over time.
by MathPlus May 31, 2021
Hearing: Your ears can listen to the musical digits of the seemingly random pattern of the decimal number π as they are being recited.
Smell: Your nose can scent the fragrance or sweet aroma of the digits of the transcendental number π.
Sight: Your mind’s eye can see at a glance the entire beautiful landscape of the real number π.
Taste: Your tongue can savor the different flavors of the digits of the sacred number π.
Touch: Your skin can feel the different sensations of the digits of the normal number π, when it is truncated to a certain number of significant figures.
Smell: Your nose can scent the fragrance or sweet aroma of the digits of the transcendental number π.
Sight: Your mind’s eye can see at a glance the entire beautiful landscape of the real number π.
Taste: Your tongue can savor the different flavors of the digits of the sacred number π.
Touch: Your skin can feel the different sensations of the digits of the normal number π, when it is truncated to a certain number of significant figures.
Guesstimate how many autistic people or idiot savants around the world could experience at least one of the five senses of pi.
by MathPlus September 19, 2021
The Omicron carrier could only be a vaccinatee, because 99.99% of the unvaccinated are barred from traveling.
by MathPlus November 30, 2021
A number that is arguably born with a lucky star due to its popularity or idolatry among mathematicians, who devoted an obscene number of years trying to unearth its allegedly manifold beautiful properties, much to the envy of thousands of fellow rational and irrational numbers, who see themselves as a nobody in the numerical world.
Besides a few lucky numbers like e, i, and 𝜙, which had aroused a fair bit of interest among the mathematical brethren, π remains the sexiest (or overrated) number in the whole of mathematics.
by MathPlus February 26, 2021
A popular sexy numerical figure that is uninhibited to flirt around with other constants or numbers—in most instances, the relationship is purely platonic; however, with some real or imaginary partners, the liaisons look so intimate or passionate that they often evoke an aha! reaction from mathematical voyeurs.
by MathPlus October 05, 2021
An irrational number that is traditionally defined with respect to the circle, such as the following:
The length of a semicircle of radius one unit.
The angle measure of a straight line segment in radians.
The number of times the perimeter of a circle is more than its diameter.
The length of a semicircle of radius one unit.
The angle measure of a straight line segment in radians.
The number of times the perimeter of a circle is more than its diameter.
To help students appreciate π beyond the canned definition that it is the ratio of circumference to diameter, teachers ought to define it in terms of other quantities not related to the circle.
by MathPlus January 22, 2021
A wall covered with someone’s academic achievements and awards, photos of their posing with some VIPs or ministers, including art paintings and frames of rare stamps and coins.
Guesstimate what percentage of the world’s population in the developed world have a vanity wall at home to impress their relatives, friends, and visitors.
by MathPlus October 07, 2021