A nickname given to a math teacher who always reminds his students not to assume that an angle in a geometric figure is ninety degrees, although it may deceptively look like it is a right angle.
Students of Mr. Wright call him “Mr. Right Wright” or “Mr. Right Squared,” because he won’t give them any marks if they assume without proof that a triangle is a right triangle.
by MathPlus January 18, 2019
Irreverent or politically incorrect math definitions on and about the number π, most of which stand zero chance of ever being published in a school textbook, because they are deemed inappropriate or unsuitable to the immature or puritan mind, or to those with a poor sense of humor.
How could pi enthusiasts be deprived of a lexicon of urban pi terms or phrases just because some of them are allegedly blasphemous or irreligious or preposterous?
by MathPlus May 25, 2021
Manufactured oxygen boosted with antibacterial agents that promises to kill all coronaviruses and their variants, which might serve as a natural substitute to constantly wearing a face mask and annually being jabbed one or twice a year.
In case this decovidized air thing really works, Joe decided to order a few tanks from Alibaba—doesn’t it look like finally some snake oil salesmen have brought in some fresh air in the field of creative marketing, especially in the midst of a pandemic?
by MathPlus April 04, 2022
Someone who becomes a millionaire or billionaire during the coronavirus pandemic, who thrives when others could barely survive, as their products or services are in great demand.
Who are the coronaires? Those in the food and goods industries? Those whose businesses produce face masks, ventilators, and vaccines? Or those selling fake vaccine certificates?
by MathPlus November 09, 2021
An invisible sticker that is pasted on any Christian by their Protector, Deliverer, and Healer, as promised in Psalm 91, where God promises to shield all believers who abide in Him from any pandemic, plague, or pestilence.
When the devil works overtime to make you doubt whether or not you are really under God’s protection because of your sins or addictions, just show him your Covid-free sticker.
by MathPlus July 16, 2021
Commonly or blandly known as “contact tracers,” who help identify people (and possibly even pets) who may have been exposed to the coronavirus to prevent onward transmission.
In Singapore, most virus hunters, made up of government officers, military personnel, and ex-hotel and airline staff, used to make between 30 and 100 calls during their 12-hour shift, ploughing through receipts and data to map out links between cases and establish clusters.
by MathPlus May 05, 2023
When we deceive ourselves and allow others to deceive us on myths, mysteries, and magic in mathematics, be they via half-baked concepts, faux hypotheses, fallacies, paradoxes, tricks, and the like.
How can we fall for less magical thinking in mathematics? By teaching about faulty thinking habits, exposing false assumptions or hypotheses, warning against unquestioned extrapolation or generalization of rules or formulas, and debunking irrational or conspiratorial thinking.
by MathPlus May 05, 2023