Pi Striptease

When the irrational and transcendental number π occasionally reveals herself to excite the mathematical brethren of her numerical or geometric hidden properties, be it through some new beautiful pattern or little juicy theorem.

Both number theorists and numerologists get pretty aroused when they get invited to attend a pi striptease event (by invitation only), whose aha! moments could get them mathematically excited for days.

by MathPlus September 1, 2021

Pi-bond

A dance move which involves pointing your elbows out and rotating your hands around by your chest as if imitating the movement of the bond between 2 p-orbitals as seen in chemistry.

Everyone thought he had lost the dance-off until he pulled out the Pi-bond move.

by ibfml December 20, 2010

Pi Chart

A bar chart whose adjacent vertical bars have heights proportionately based on the digits of the decimal number π—from a distance, the statistical diagram looks like a city skyline.

On a graph paper, what is the most number of bars you can draw for a pi chart?

by MathPlus November 4, 2021

Dog Pies

Dog Pies are dog feces piles of poop, usually in the lawn of someone who owns a dog.

"Ew dude, did your dog have Dog Pies on the ground?"
"Yes!"

by CarterSmith September 12, 2023

Pi Second

The fifty-third second of 9:26 a.m. of March 14, 2015. So called because 3.141592653 is pi down to nine decimal places, and Pi Second is 3/14/15 9:26:53.

On Pi Second, we will play the sound of a bell ringing for all the world to hear! Pi Second is only one second out of every 100 years, so it only happens every three billion or so seconds. Enjoy the second while you can!

by Seshie January 6, 2014

Pi in the Sky

When the passengers on a plane up in the sky are separately seated based on the the digits of the decimal number π—there are three empty seats between the first and second passenger, one empty seat between the second and third passenger, four empty seats between the third and fourth passenger, and so on.

On a Boeing 777, how many passengers could take part in the “pi in the sky” experience?

by Fasters December 24, 2021

Reel Pi

When movies on math, or those that depict the odd behaviours of oft-mad mathematicians or idiot-savants, never fail to mention the number π and some of its magical properties.

With pi being part of pop culture, it’s not surprising to hear mathophobic actors in Hollywood complain about reel pi, as it reminds them of their bad experiences of school math, especially if they’d flunked the subject several times prior to making it big in the entertainment industry.

by Fasters May 30, 2022