Fasters's definitions

Bloody Pi

When a postmodern artist uses their own blood or the blood of animals as paint to draw the irrational number π, or to take part in a pi project as part of a math-and-art exhibition.

An artist from the Philippines told the journalist who interviewed him that his bloody pi paintings, which symbolizes his DNA in art, aren't for sale, but the public could view them at his private gallery.

by Fasters December 22, 2022

Pitian

A fan or follower of the number π, who is preoccupied with, or passionate about, her numerical and geometric properties—a pi equivalent of a born-again Christian, whose faith in the mathematical constant is as solid as a house built upon a rock.

Guesstimate the population size of pitians worldwide, who long to experience an aha every now and then, just as Spirit-filled believers who witness those suddenlies, breakthroughs, or miracles in their lives and on those whom they’ve prayed for.

by Fasters December 23, 2022

Exoticizing Pi

Elevating the constant π to a transcendental level of mathematical or metamathematical (or philosophical) appreciation, with no regard to practical applications—savoring the Platonic ideal of pi that transcends the five senses.

A number of mathematical purists (or spiritually inclined number theorists) secretly love to exoticizing pi when they let loose of their personal or societal inhibitions—when they desire to be in that so-called state of “pi nirvana.”

by Fasters December 26, 2022

Piminence

Short for “Pi Prominence.” Being known on social media for posting anything irreverent, irreligious, humorous, silly, political, or even offensive on the number π, be they pi definitions and haikus, pi art and memes, pi jokes and cartoons, and pi NFTs and tokens.

Prof. Poppy’s piminence didn’t go unnoticed in academic circles, because his postings please the liberals but piss off the conservatives.

by Fasters December 28, 2022

Out-of-Order Math

When someone fails to carry out the operations in a math problem correctly, often because they couldn’t remember the rule, or they use their own oft-flawed logic to do so.

John flunked his recent class test, because he’s a victim of out-of-order math—he repeatedly misused the BODMAS rule to simplify arithmetic expressions, and misapplied the procedure to find the inverse of a matrix.

by Fasters January 7, 2023

Pi

The post-Omicron coronavirus variant that is suing the WHO for refusing to credit her for reasons (political, racial, …, mathematical) unknown to, or hidden from, her, even after she had visited millions of urban homes in China and spent some uneasy time with the residents from all social strata, in recent weeks.

With tens of millions of migrant workers going back to their villages to visit their loved ones in the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit, Pi rationalized that her targeted billion-odd visitations in rural areas wouldn’t go unnoticed by WHO officials, who’d be forced to grant her overdue Greek citizenship among fellow Covid-19 variants.

by Fasters January 13, 2023

Pifulness

Also known as “Pi Playfulness.” Having fun and toying around with the number π mentally, artfully, philosophically, poetically, or spiritually.

Pifulness isn’t so much about coming up with a new pi theorem or an elegant proof—unless that’s your thing—but it’s also about exploring and expanding the use of pi beyond mathematics or science.

by Fasters July 3, 2023