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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.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
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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.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
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It’s unlikely that those who gossip to you won’t gossip about you. Think of the harm or hurt a gossip does to relationships and friendships.
by MathPlus April 30, 2023
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Arts critics have mixed feelings about Singapore’s semi-openness in allowing coronaffiti at some designated locations, because some artistically talented actors from the Opposition could be a pain in the brain in exposing the 4G leaders’ recurring hypocrisy and ineptitude in solving the corona crisis.
by MathPlus October 7, 2021
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Rogue doctors from China, India, and Nigeria are discretely or secretly promoting piccine shots to gullible villagers, when they come down to get their partially trialed Covid-19 jabs.
by MathPlus May 29, 2021
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