Mathematical Nap

When the aftermath of overworking with too much x's and y's make someone zzz when they doze or nod off.
Prof. Ziz’s mild snore got some mean colleagues take a shot of him having a mathematical nap, which was suspected to be filled with ƶ, ƶ², …, √ƶ, ℤ.
by Numerati December 16, 2024
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πX

The minimum number of times a company’s profitability could grow, because its employees’ career pathways are T-shaped (The Anything Workforce)—the opposite of an I-shaped (One Thing Workforce), which is siloed, rigid, and fixed.
With Trump’s yo-yo tariffs and threats vis-à-vis allies, the chances of witnessing more πX American companies emerging around the world in coming years look pretty slim.
by Numerati July 05, 2025
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Bitcoin

A digital asset that has gained currency in decentralized Ponzi schemes, which makes it virtually impossible to catch the bad actors (criminals, hackers, money launderers, drug & human traffickers, …); it also serves as safe virtual money to protect the wealth of those who live in developing countries beset with hyperinflation.
Once dubbed an “index of money laundering,” bitcoin is often confused with blockchain, which is a system of recording information that is almost impossible to change or forge.
by Numerati June 28, 2024
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Naked Pi

When the number π could no longer hide her insecurities before her fellow mathematical constants, because the pressure to appear cool in popular culture is taking a toll on her psychological well-being—when fame and popularity come with such a high price that she could lose everything if she failed to reorder her priorities.
Naked Pi’s psychologist advised her to stop being a people pleaser or rescuer unless she doesn’t mind her fans and foes controlling her life.
by Numerati August 20, 2025
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Math is for girls, too!

An arguably male chauvinist or sexist slogan that subtly implies that girls and women are inferior in math or logic than boys and men, rather than an attempt to educate an oft-male-biased society that both sexes are equally qualified to read math in college or academia.
The manuscript entitled “Math is for girls, too!” was twice rejected by the publisher, which specializes in DEI and feminist titles, without any reasons whatsoever.
by Numerati July 03, 2025
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Math Is a Verb.

When you can’t be a spectator vis-à-vis the world’s most disliked school subject, but you need to be a player to master it—reading or listening about math won’t make you fluent in the subject, but doing math will.
Like Christianity, math is a verb. Just like you can’t impact lives if you merely know about Jesus and His teachings, so reading pop math books without dirtying your hands is unlikely going to raise your quantitative literacy in meeting the technological challenges of the 21st century.
by Numerati December 06, 2024
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Does Pi Love Me?

When you are mathematically tickled why you have been experiencing an aha! on or about the number π pretty frequently recently—for no logical or valid reasons, it is as if pi seems to be infatuated with you.
Besides coming up with a few sexy proofs on some pi-related theorems, I spotted my birthdate and my cellphone number 31,415 digits apart among the first ten thousand digits in the decimal number pi. Sounds like a sign from on high that makes me wonder: “Does Pi love me?”
by Numerati November 05, 2023
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