Fasters's definitions

Buffalo Pi

When someone boastfully claimed to have used the value of the decimal number π to at least a dozen digits in a computation to sound more accurate, when three or four digits would have sufficed.

Unless they are a rocket scientist or quantum physicist, laypersons who pridefully tell others that they had used buffalo pi in a practical math problem are simply blowing their own horn.

by Fasters January 2, 2022

1 + 1 ≠ 2

The mathematical equivalent of an answered prayer, such as being healed of an incurable disease or chronic sickness; seeing a business, financial, or relationship breakthrough; and helping others deliver from demonic oppression or sexual addiction in the name of Jesus Christ.

In the spiritual realm, mathematical equations in the natural world no longer hold true thanks to supernatural forces: 1 + 1 ≠ 2, 1 + 1 + 1 = 1, …, 2 + 5 = 5000, π = 3.

by Fasters May 22, 2022

Pitrepreneur

A math educator or geek who plans to turn their passion or obsession for the number π into cash.

Be it via newly coined pi-related definitions, factoids, and jokes on mugs and T-shirts; pop math books on or about pi for dummies, idiots, and morons; or pi NFTs and PiCoins, Prof. Ian, a self-professed pitrepreneur, wants to turn his geeky passion into obscene profits.

by Fasters March 31, 2022

≤ and ≥

Two inequality or “woke math” symbols, formed by the portmanteau symbols for the equals (=) symbol and the less than (<) and greater than (>) signs—they are read as “less than or equal to” and “greater than or equal to.”

When ≤ and ≥ are brought together, they look like ≤≥.

by Fasters July 8, 2023

Pi Call

When you pick up a call from a cell phone number whose digits are exactly the same as the first few digits of the decimal number π.

What are the chances that someone would pick up a pi call during their lifetime?

by Fasters March 23, 2023

Less Is More

When an item or product costs more than a similar one with less sugar or salt content, which seems to suggest that having lesser or fewer of something is more inconvenient or harder to produce, or making a decision to be healthier is dearer—could it also be a mere marketing gimmick to lure health-conscious freaks?

A six-pack of Chrysanthemum Tea costs $1.95, but a similar one with lower sugar content costs $2.30; two isotonic bottle drinks cost $3.95, while the ones with zero sugar cost $4.40—aren’t these two cases prove that “less is more”?

by Fasters September 8, 2022

Pi Awakening

When an oft-semi-innumerate lay public realize that the number π has so much more to offer in terms of mathematical beauty or metamathematics (or mathematical philosophy), which allows them to experience sporadic aha moments, other than what they had boringly learned about the constant in school.

Going by the increasing number of pop math titles on pi published by math educators of different nationalities in different places, it can be arguably posited that there is presently a post-pandemic pi awakening sweeping the planet, much to the delight of both recreational and amateur mathematicians.

by Fasters December 14, 2022