Numerati's definitions

Squaring a Supermarket

When math geeks are lured to visiting a supermarket or supermart that sells most things that look like a square or a cube: cheese slices, origami paper, Rubik’s cube, cream crackers, CD-ROM covers, condoms, and the like.

What are the chances that the opening of more “Everything’s a Square” outlets statewide or nationwide would attract both regular and curious customers to squaring a supermarket as they look for new square novelties or collectibles?

by Numerati October 11, 2024

GPT Math

Any published or plagiarized content passing as new or novel that has been produced with the help of ChatGPT—a dark practice that is accelerating at an exponential rate among pirates in every corner of the globe, who are hoping to cash in before someone else beats them to the dirty game.

Are the days of Singapore math writers and publishers numbered with the advent of GPT math, as fake authors from India, Nigeria, and Pakistan capitalized on the wisdom of the virtual crowd to become GPTpreneurs?

by Numerati November 9, 2023

Dot

The source that gives rise to art or contributes to a painting—unlike a dimensionless point with no length, area, or depth, a tiny dot still has an area.

A point may be likened to an idealized dot, which has been reduced to what mathematicians call an “infinitesimal.”

by Numerati November 24, 2023

Bar Model Method

Singapore’s beloved problem-solving aphrodisiac, which can generate and induce mathematical desire in oft-unmotivated or math-anxious students, teachers, and parents—a brain-friendly means to instilling motivation and passion in them to becoming a confident problem solver.

Thanks to the bar model method, millions of homeschoolers outside the “fine” city with the death penalty could testify to the aha! moments they’d experienced time and time again, compared to their peers who’re too shy to experiment with the visualization strategy.

by Numerati August 4, 2023

The Grobalization of Singapore Math

When both local and foreign math publishers in Singapore—with the backing of government-linked businesses or organizations, and positive feedback from thousands of homeschoolers overseas—aim to influence or impose their ways of teaching and learning elementary school math around the world—they desire to grow in power and profits to an eager global audience that is keen to emulate Singapore’s math success at home.

Just as the principles of McDonaldization has been applied to the church and religion, mathepreneurs aren’t shy to apply the grobalization of Singapore math to colonize math education around the globe.

by Numerati June 21, 2025

Pigeist

The name of an annual survey, where members of the Constants Club anonymously share how they feel about the number π, which is viewed as the most famous constant in the whole of mathematics, and in popular culture.

Lawyers of Pi are suing the producers of “Pigeist” for sneakily promoting or provoking jealousy, envy, or animosity among members of the mathematical constants community towards their highly popular client.

by Numerati August 14, 2024

The Zero Factor

When society judges people whether they are successful or not by the number of zeros they have accumulated in their bank accounts—when hundredaires and thousandaires are normally overlooked and looked down while millionaires and billionaires are noticed and respected (or even worshipped).

What differentiates the rich and the famous from the poor and the notorious on this side of heaven is not just the fear factor but also the zero factor.

by Numerati December 26, 2024