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Trickle Down Mathematics

A cute sounding phrase, which is 99.99% bullshit, that is used to justify the high royalties demanded by half-baked math authors in academia, or the high fees charged by most overrated textbook math consultants or general editors (who are notorious in giving cosmetic feedback to a manuscript).
Educational publishers in Singapore reluctantly give in to trickle down mathematics, hoping to increase the odds of their approved textbooks to be adopted by more local schools, by displaying as many PhDs on their book covers.
by MathPlus November 17, 2021
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Mather

Verb: To Mather: Meaning to assualt someone so visciously that the person who is Mathered cannot retreat under his own power and must be carried away by his friends. This term originated when a man named Mather was destroyed in an attack just south of Boston, Ma. Commonly pronounced Matha with a Boston accent.
Yo you see that dude mather that chump.
by BostonBeer January 5, 2008
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Mathematical Virginity

You lose it when you experience your first Aha! moment—when you feel like parading yourself naked after being struck by an insight, or upon solving a difficult math problem.
Billy lost his mathematical virginity after he found an intuitive proof to the Pythagorean theorem.
by MathPlus October 5, 2017
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Mathematical Unicorn

A math theorem whose real-life application may be worth at least a billion bucks—a revolutionary result that could propel the applied mathematician into mathematical fame or immortality.
The Riemann hypothesis is a potential mathematical unicorn , especially in the field of e-security—whoever proves it is guaranteed both fame and wealth.
by MathPlus August 19, 2017
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Corey Ott Mathematics

The style of math used when you multiply the answer by two and add one.
2+2=9

In regular form: 2+2=4

4 x 2=8

8 + 1=9

So, in Corey Ott Math, 2+2=9
by Jon February 25, 2005
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mathers

your really a mathers aren't you?
by wysiwyg March 25, 2004
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Mathew

Usually a man whore who is too selfish for his own good. Secretive, daddy issues but has a firm ass.
God damnit Mathew, keep it in your pants.
Stop screwing all of your friends Mathew
by cushionyshenanigans April 6, 2022
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